Posted by George Marsh on March 12, 2013 at 12:01:18 from (50.104.195.160):
In Reply to: OT Solar heat posted by Bryan iniowa on March 12, 2013 at 04:53:05:
My dad designed his home with passive solar, using anderson window. Lots of glass on the south side of house. As long as the sun is shinning, great heat source.
I designed a passive solar for room addition. Used the newer low-e glass. Low-e blocks some of the solar benefits. Nice room when the sun is out, however, the room gets very cold at night. I think the heat loss is greater than the heat gain. Still a nice room, like an indoor greenhouse.
I was working in an old house built in 1920, back when there was a front pourch on the south end of a home. Simple single layer glass storm windows, no low-e glass. Air leaks around windows. That said, when it freezing outside, the sun is shinning, the room is like toast. Cloud blocks the sun, and it gets cold very fast.
SOOOO, design collector with clear single layer glass and it should work great.
If I'm next to the metal in my un-insulated pole barn when the sun is shinning, it feels like I'm next to a fire.
You may want to use the siding on your barn as the collector and trap the heat with glass or plastic.
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