[Greenbuilding] Advice on siting a home when the view is to the north

Reuben Deumling 9watts at gmail.com
Sun Oct 23 10:25:56 CDT 2016


Norbert,
that was a great read. I would love to make some of those, but, alas, we
don't get any sun in the winter up here (NW Oregon) so as far as I've
understood there's very little point in that sort of thing for us. Boo.

On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Norbert Senf <norbert.senf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am fascinated by this guy's solar panels:
> http://www.iedu.com/Solar/Panels/index.html
>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Lynelle Hamilton <lynelle at lahamilton.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I've found very little on this.  I have a NW facing lot, where the NW is
>> the only decent view (on water). The south overlooks the septic, a road and
>> low, wet land.
>>
>> I want to maximize winter heat gain, minimize winter heat loss and
>> minimize overheating in the summer. I don't want to minimize the NW water
>> view, and do want to take advantage of the significant breeze that goes
>> NW-SE in the summer. Given the lot, this is a challenge...
>>
>> I am thinking pf building a sunroom on the NW side that would be
>> separated by large doors from the rest of the area in the winter, as well
>> as installing a Trombe wall in the south face of the house, but have no
>> idea if this is a good approach.
>>
>> Has anyone had any experience with such a siting and if so, any advice?
>> I've spoken with two local designers (south lake Simcoe area), but neither
>> has any idea of sustainable deisign.
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> Lynelle
>>
>>
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