Comments on: ZED Floor Plan, Passive Solar Thermal Buffer Zone

By: muserwood

muserwood — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:53:52 +0000

Great concept, I’d love to build one. Might be helpful if you gave some specific examples of how it works in different locations though.

By: DANITA47

DANITA47 — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:13:50 +0000

I adding this info right now to my Passive Home floorplan! i want more!

By: ZeroEnergyDesign

ZeroEnergyDesign — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:50:54 +0000

See our many other YouTube zeroenergydesign videos, our websites, and Wikipedia entries.
We also have our 800-page Zero Energy design eBook and 1200 U.S. Department Of Energy Workshop (Three Decades Of Lessons Learned)slides available on a $25 CD-ROM, with hundreds of megabytes of energy saving and alternative energy bonus materials. It contains concepts we’ve used from Canada to Florida to Australia — (We can’t cover 30 years of ZED experience in a 10-minute YouTube video clip — Smile)

By: ghisalla

ghisalla — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:16:50 +0000

I’m assuming that this home was designed for a warm climate. The flat roof wouldn’t work in Minnesota, for example.

By: ZeroEnergyDesign

ZeroEnergyDesign — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:29:23 +0000

Take a look around Minnesota – Flat roofs are everywhere, especially commercial buildings, however, your comment is correct – This house was designed for Florida – ALL zero energy buildings are VERY location specific, with extensive local computer thermal modeling required – A Florida design would not work well in Minn., but an off-the-grid zero energy design for Minn. is a reasonable goal.

By: juliegrimme

juliegrimme — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:02:01 +0000

Excellent. Order your CD. You completed my senior thesis on earth sheltered design and passive solar from 25 years ago.
Huge Thank you, you’ve given me my home.
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By: IQ174

IQ174 — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:45:18 +0000

Thank you – Please see our website and ZED CD-ROM for 5,000+ pages of all details – Our extensive materials answer most of the questions we’ve been asked over 30 years – Far more than any other single source in this world.