Kings County, NS
Cambridge Station
Keywords: passive, activated slab
Personal Home - low cost and comfortable
Has been operating successfully for 25 years. The solar plastic solar glazing has whitened and reduced the amount of solar radiation captured but still provides a major portion of the space heating of the house.
Surrounded by a 7 acre open field - slight 10 ft high hill
Built a passive solar house in 1978 and have been heating with wood and solar ever since. South facing vertical solar windows - storage in insulated concrete/ceramic tile floor - warm air circulation via thermostatically contolled fan. See "Bogan_house_info.pdf" for more details and data (1979-1980) Two storey, no basement, on a concrete slab embedded the south side of a 4 ft rise. Two storey, south facing solar wall of windows. Only auxiliary heating is a wood stove on the lower level. The house is an open plan construction for good circulation of air - only the bedrooms and bathroom have doors. A thermostatically-controlled fan on the upper level recirculates hotter air upstairs to the lower level via the open staircase.
Owner
Owner
Designed and built by. L.Bogan - 1978-9
Larry Bogan 902-678-0446 . Here is a PDF of the design.
Solar Windows are glass reinforced polyester in wood frames. Next Time: glass in regular (plastic coated) window frames. Add more insulation below the floor. Install air ducts for recirculating air. Build a slightly larger House.