Passive solar, energy efficient home with a Trombe wall?

This passive solar home is designed to capture and store the suns energy in the windows. These windows contain more than 3,000 pounds of water capable of storing 75,000 Btu's of energy on a good sunny day. Free, couresy of Mr. sun.

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Education

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• green building
• passive solar
• trombe wall
• solar window
• solar energy
• energy efficient home

[eebuilder]

Well I don't know about -30 but this week with lows around 0 and highs in the teens the house did not get below 42F with no other heat. Today with a night time low of 0 and a high of 18F the windows warmed the house from 42F this morning to 49F this afternoon. Tom

[LaksaMedan]

@billpeart

In the summer, sun is on the north side . with a judicious use of overhang . the south facing window will in the shade

google passive solar house

[billpeart]

What happens in the summer?

[RMCrowley]

awesome...

[hoysima]

Very good idea.

Really nice, but i think it's not a trombe wall.

About Celsius and Fahrenheit,

°C = (°F - 32)*(5/9)

There is another, not exactly but easier:

°C = °F/2 - 15

[trailkeeper]

Oil holds alot of heat, maby a bit more than water, maby clear mineral oil.

[chrisdjonestube]

I apologise but I am not familiar with the farenheit system, but where I live we can bet on the temperature getting to -40 degrees celsius annually... these things would certainly freeze and crack up in that kind of cold wouldn't they?

[chrisdjonestube]

Now will these windows still allow a thermal wall of say brick or stone to collect passive solar heat over the course of a day or would they block out/ absorb all of that heat for themselves?

[kricotoy]

same question...?

on winter -25 or -40

in canada montreal