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Old 08-03-2008, 07:27 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by no-engine View Post
Home orientation should be towards passive use of sun's energy, instead of always towards the street. Who cares?

I do. I just added another south facing window yesterday, as a matter of fact.

We built our house with passive solar in mind. There's an insulated and unheated garage on the north end, and no windows facing north at all. The north end of the basement is also built into the hill side. The south end has a walk out basement with three stories exposed to the sun. The house is very cheap to heat. Last year, I burned 325 gallons of oil, 1 cord of hardwood, and 240 gallons of propane to heat 2400 square feet and provide hot water for 4. I'm trying to improve on that.
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