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

Lynelle Hamilton lynelle at lahamilton.com
Sun Oct 23 10:32:24 CDT 2016


It seems that there's a guy in eastern Ontario doing this...on Amherst 
Island, perhaps? I don't know if I'm in Reuben's boat (southern Ontario 
is not the sun capital of anywhere), but will see if I can find info on 
that, as I really like the idea.

Thanks Norbert and Reuben.

Lynelle


On 2016-10-23 11:25 AM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:norbert.senf at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I am fascinated by this guy's solar panels:
>     http://www.iedu.com/Solar/Panels/index.html
>     <http://www.iedu.com/Solar/Panels/index.html>
>
>     On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Lynelle Hamilton
>     <lynelle at lahamilton.com <mailto: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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