Cape Breton County, NS
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Keywords: active, passive, pv
To contribute towards reducing the cost of heating water and to use less oil/energy.
This has not yet been calculated, but each bill has been kept.
Living room and kitchen face north. (House tends to stay cool.) Bedrooms and bathroom face south. (small windows). Weeping tile installed 2 years ago, as basement was damp/moldy. Property line on the south side is unfortunately very close. Only a very small area is available for a garden, the soil is quite rocky.
The living room and kitchen face north and the house tends to stay cool. The bedrooms and bathroom all face south and have small windows. There was weeping tile installed 2 years ago as the basement was damp and moldy. The house has an oil fueled hot-water heating system for domestic use and space heating. Connected to NSP grid to power the fridge, stove, lights, and computer. There is a solar storage tank, two solar collectors (S series), a PV cell, and thermal windows with exception to the basement. Older style, double glazed glass windows are in the basement.
Sun Ross Energy Systems. Thermo-Dynamics supplied the solar collectors and storage tank.
Sun Ross Energy Systems
Insulation was added to the attic when the owner moved into the house 4 years ago. He is now planning for an "oil-free" future.
email me at f_oommen@hotmail.com or phone 539 6768
The PV cell would not be placed in the same manner as it is protruding over the side of the roof over the front door (potential for damage, aesthetics). Flushing and service would have been more regular (every 6 months). Replace the basement windows. Open up central walls in the house to allow heat to circulate to the north-facing side. Install a ceramic floor or have rocks to absorb heat and release it later on south side of house. Install an "Enterprise Faucet" wood/coal burning space heater/cooking stove with the water storage tank in the center of the house. Install large windows on the south side of the house with hinged wooden shutters that can cover the windows when desired. Install an efficient electric "immersion " water heater as seen in England (water is heated only when it is needed).