[Greenbuilding] Bamboo Floor, Radiant Heat and Thermal Mass

[John O'Brien]

Rob,

Mind if I ask where you get your HDD stats?
http://ottawa.weatherstats.ca/charts/hdd-1year.html shows the last year as
having approx 3600 HDD.

I've been trying to find a solid number for the area as we plan on building
over in Chelsea at the foot of the Gatineau hills soon.

J

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:32 AM, RT <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:33:29 -0500, kenn brown <kenn2536 at centurylink.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>  In the winter our floor is cold, south glass wall in three rooms. Summer
>> warm or hot. Climate Austin TX which is tropical to some of you.
>>
>
>
>
> In winter, our insulated floor slab (and living space) is warm. In summer
> it's cool.
>
> No auxiliary heating in winter until late at night, if at all. No
> mechanical cooling in summer except for maybe 3 or 4 evenings during the Dog
> Days of summer.
>
> Slab is exposed to direct gain in winter via equator-facing glass (no more
> than ~15% of floor area) and completely shaded from summer sun by
> appropriately-scaled overhangs. Super-insulated/air-tight construction.
>
> Climate: ~8750 HDD/yr, which is frigid to some of you (but balmy to guys
> like Gordon in Edmonton Alberta)
>
> Moral of the story ?  God and the Devil are in the details.
>
> --
> === * ===
> Rob Tom
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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