Comments on: A Little Shade Makes A Green Difference http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/ Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities Wed, 23 May 2012 23:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jafmep http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-7084 jafmep Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:19:34 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-7084 I think people are looking for simple, energy-use-reducing solutions that they can apply to their lives that don't involve moving the giant wheels of government! You can start to make the sustainable living changes at home yourself, and right away. An awning is a simple, smart idea that people have forgotten about, that doesn't require rebuilding your house from the ground up. I think people are looking for simple, energy-use-reducing solutions that they can apply to their lives that don’t involve moving the giant wheels of government!

You can start to make the sustainable living changes at home yourself, and right away. An awning is a simple, smart idea that people have forgotten about, that doesn’t require rebuilding your house from the ground up.

]]> By: jafmep http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-98170 jafmep Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:19:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-98170 I think people are looking for simple, energy-use-reducing solutions that they can apply to their lives that don't involve moving the giant wheels of government! You can start to make the sustainable living changes at home yourself, and right away. An awning is a simple, smart idea that people have forgotten about, that doesn't require rebuilding your house from the ground up. I think people are looking for simple, energy-use-reducing solutions that they can apply to their lives that don’t involve moving the giant wheels of government!

You can start to make the sustainable living changes at home yourself, and right away. An awning is a simple, smart idea that people have forgotten about, that doesn’t require rebuilding your house from the ground up.

]]> By: Jennifer Lance http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-4559 Jennifer Lance Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:11:08 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-4559 Just look at the old eyebrow windows in Key West. Just look at the old eyebrow windows in Key West.

]]> By: Jennifer Lance http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-98169 Jennifer Lance Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-98169 Just look at the old eyebrow windows in Key West. Just look at the old eyebrow windows in Key West.

]]> By: Jake Kulju http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-4550 Jake Kulju Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:12:37 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-4550 tset, thank for your insight. I agree that a PAMA study probably wasn't needed, as this is pretty common sense. It's nice to know that they want to communicate in terms of energy reduction and savings, however. This story drew my attention because I have been reading about buildings applying large-scale fabric scrims to the outsides of their structures to reduce passive solar heating and to create a layer of insulation which has dramatically reduced energy costs. I haven't found any studies that document the savings yet, though. tset, thank for your insight. I agree that a PAMA study probably wasn’t needed, as this is pretty common sense. It’s nice to know that they want to communicate in terms of energy reduction and savings, however.
This story drew my attention because I have been reading about buildings applying large-scale fabric scrims to the outsides of their structures to reduce passive solar heating and to create a layer of insulation which has dramatically reduced energy costs. I haven’t found any studies that document the savings yet, though.

]]> By: Jake Kulju http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-98168 Jake Kulju Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:12:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-98168 tset, thank for your insight. I agree that a PAMA study probably wasn't needed, as this is pretty common sense. It's nice to know that they want to communicate in terms of energy reduction and savings, however. This story drew my attention because I have been reading about buildings applying large-scale fabric scrims to the outsides of their structures to reduce passive solar heating and to create a layer of insulation which has dramatically reduced energy costs. I haven't found any studies that document the savings yet, though. tset, thank for your insight. I agree that a PAMA study probably wasn’t needed, as this is pretty common sense. It’s nice to know that they want to communicate in terms of energy reduction and savings, however.
This story drew my attention because I have been reading about buildings applying large-scale fabric scrims to the outsides of their structures to reduce passive solar heating and to create a layer of insulation which has dramatically reduced energy costs. I haven’t found any studies that document the savings yet, though.

]]> By: tset http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-98167 tset Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:32:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-98167 It's a little funny that a PAMA-funded study had to be done to figure this out when many, if not most, people probably figured this out themselves to some extent. There's a built-in advantage for people at higher latitudes: the summer sun is much higher in the sky than in the winter, making it possible to design a fixed awning that allows full sunlight penetration in the winter (allowing for passive heating) and minimal penetration in the summer. In Europe (at least the German-speaking areas), shutter and retractable awnings are very much in use. In fact, in the new energy efficient constructions, especially houses made to maximize winter solar gain, electronically controlled window coverings are automatically deployed to minimize summer overheating. While on this topic, I'll also mention a neat use of the different solar elevations in a building material developed by Dietrich Schwarz. It serves four functions, that of transparent heat insulation, protection from overheating, energy conversion and thermal storage. Do you encourage people to leave links to other sites? In case not, an internet search for GlassX limited to the domain .ch (for Switzerland) should lead you to the English version site). It’s a little funny that a PAMA-funded study had to be done to figure this out when many, if not most, people probably figured this out themselves to some extent. There’s a built-in advantage for people at higher latitudes: the summer sun is much higher in the sky than in the winter, making it possible to design a fixed awning that allows full sunlight penetration in the winter (allowing for passive heating) and minimal penetration in the summer. In Europe (at least the German-speaking areas), shutter and retractable awnings are very much in use. In fact, in the new energy efficient constructions, especially houses made to maximize winter solar gain, electronically controlled window coverings are automatically deployed to minimize summer overheating. While on this topic, I’ll also mention a neat use of the different solar elevations in a building material developed by Dietrich Schwarz. It serves four functions, that of transparent heat insulation, protection from overheating, energy conversion and thermal storage. Do you encourage people to leave links to other sites? In case not, an internet search for GlassX limited to the domain .ch (for Switzerland) should lead you to the English version site).

]]> By: tset http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/02/a-little-shade-makes-a-green-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-4545 tset Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:32:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=506#comment-4545 It's a little funny that a PAMA-funded study had to be done to figure this out when many, if not most, people probably figured this out themselves to some extent. There's a built-in advantage for people at higher latitudes: the summer sun is much higher in the sky than in the winter, making it possible to design a fixed awning that allows full sunlight penetration in the winter (allowing for passive heating) and minimal penetration in the summer. In Europe (at least the German-speaking areas), shutter and retractable awnings are very much in use. In fact, in the new energy efficient constructions, especially houses made to maximize winter solar gain, electronically controlled window coverings are automatically deployed to minimize summer overheating. While on this topic, I'll also mention a neat use of the different solar elevations in a building material developed by Dietrich Schwarz. It serves four functions, that of transparent heat insulation, protection from overheating, energy conversion and thermal storage. Do you encourage people to leave links to other sites? In case not, an internet search for GlassX limited to the domain .ch (for Switzerland) should lead you to the English version site). It’s a little funny that a PAMA-funded study had to be done to figure this out when many, if not most, people probably figured this out themselves to some extent. There’s a built-in advantage for people at higher latitudes: the summer sun is much higher in the sky than in the winter, making it possible to design a fixed awning that allows full sunlight penetration in the winter (allowing for passive heating) and minimal penetration in the summer. In Europe (at least the German-speaking areas), shutter and retractable awnings are very much in use. In fact, in the new energy efficient constructions, especially houses made to maximize winter solar gain, electronically controlled window coverings are automatically deployed to minimize summer overheating. While on this topic, I’ll also mention a neat use of the different solar elevations in a building material developed by Dietrich Schwarz. It serves four functions, that of transparent heat insulation, protection from overheating, energy conversion and thermal storage. Do you encourage people to leave links to other sites? In case not, an internet search for GlassX limited to the domain .ch (for Switzerland) should lead you to the English version site).

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