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Amelie Caron, a high performance house consultant, explains how passive solar heating works with the concrete floor to provide up to 50 per cent of the heating for a home for free.
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Energy efficient triple-paned windows with a high solar heat gain co-efficient are key ingredients in today’s super energy efficient homes.
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Belgravia Green - one net-zero and two near net-zero homes side-by-side.
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Amelie Caron, high performance housing consultant explains passive solar heating works with an overhang shade in this net zero home.
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This net zero home gets almost half its heating from passive solar heating through large south-facing windows. It also makes for a very nice, bright room.
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People ask Amelie Caron if there is infloor heating all the time. There isn't The concrete floor stores passive solar heat from the sun by day and releases it slowly after the sun goes down.
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Les Wold of Effect Homes a net-zero home builder in Edmonton, Alberta. Passive solar provides almost half the heat in this net-zero home, while solar PV powers a air-to-air heat exchanger that provides the rest of the heat.
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Passive solar energy streams through the windows and strikes the concrete floor in this net zero home in Edmonton. Passive solar can provide up to half the heat in a home.
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Bright Solar Sky Lights light up dark areas in this energy efficient home.
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Speaking of free energy - solar sky Lights use sunlight to brighten up this hallway in the core of a home.
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Les Wold of Effect Homes shows off the super insulted 16 inch walls in this near net zero home.
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Passivhaus tour in Dawson Creek BC - 02
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Passive solar heating helps with as much as 50 per cent of the heating needs of this net zero home. - 011
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Green Energy Futures host David Dodge with Amelie Caron a high performance housing consultant and expert in passive solar energy.