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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy FuturesWith Les Wold of Effect Homes. Large southern windows for
passive solar heat with concrete floor. www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/62-power-passive-solar-...
Oriane Zera
Passive Solar House (PSH) techniques use insulation and solar energy, the latter
being both abundant and free in the region of Kabul.
GERES
The veranda becomes a pleasant living space with heat diffused into
the adjacent rooms.
How passive solar design works: Roof overhang allows or screens the
sun out (winter and summer).See the height of the sun at different
angles (winter and summer). Floor and walls act as thermal mass to
absorb the suns heat (winter). Deciduous trees to the front of the
building can screen the sun in summer (not shown on this diagram).
http://www.ecobob.co.nz/EcoBlog/1175/2
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DIAGRAM: Passive solar design showing the difference between winter and summer
conditions. See the water pipes in the floor and ceiling. The warm water can be cycled
(pumped ) through the building to heat up the interior during winter. Concrete floor and
concrete ceiling with copper pipes in situ filled with water. No cost to the owner. The
pump could run on electric power harvested from the photovoltaic panels!
ROOF OVERHANG: See how the sun is let in during winter and
how it is shut out during summer. Sun heats up the thermal mass
(walls) during winter and the heat is transferred into the
building. This would mean a saving on heating the building
during winter.
DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOWS: These windows act as insulators and
keep the warm or cold air in the building. It controls the
temperature and keep it stable inside the building.
USING THE BASEMENT (WHICH IS COOLER) TO COOL DOWN THE REST OF THE BUILDING, VERY CLEVER!
Notice the basement and how the air is circulated through the basement to cool the air in the building.
Two vertical ducts draws the cool air from the basement and the cool air is pushed upwards to
ventilate the building. See how the cool air enters from the left and how the warmer air escapes on
the right (passive ventilation)
BASEMENT
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SLIDING MECHANISM AND PASSIVE SOLAR PRINCIPLES: The SLIDES (sustainable, livable, and interactive design) house
concept by a team of architecture and engineering students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is a solar-powered
living structure designed to address local sustainability challenges while offering an aesthetic that draws heavily on the
regions traditional architecture and design. The AUC team is be the first Middle Eastern and African University team to
compete in the European solar decathlon, held in June 2012, which challenges teams to design a fully functional 21st
century home that benefits from the highest efficiency of solar power and sustainability.
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/slides-solar-house-for-egypt
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/slides-solar-house-for-egypt/
SLIDES (sustainable, livable, and interactive design) house concept, designed by a
student team at the American university in Cairo and to be presented at the Solar
Decathlon Europe 2012.
The SLIDES (sustainable, livable, and interactive design) house concept by a team of
architecture and engineering students at the American university in Cairo (AUC) is a solarpowered living structure designed to address local sustainability challenges while offering
an aesthetic that draws heavily on the regions traditional architecture and design. the AUC
team is be the first middle eastern and African university team to compete in the European
solar decathlon, held in June 2012, which challenges teams to design a fully functional 21st
century home that benefits from the highest efficiency of solar power and sustainability.
The SLIDES house is a net zero energy structure, utilizing photovoltaic cells and solar
thermal roof panels. The house is designed specifically to address the major challenges that
Egypts climate poses for sustainability: The need for a cooling system in the hot weather,
and regional water shortages. SLIDES maximizes the use of natural ventilation and
cooling, reducing the need for electrically-powered air-conditioning. a grey water filtration
system recycles already used water to functions like drip irrigation and toilets.
the designers describe the house structure as a matchbox, whose interlaid segments can
slide in and out to regulate solar gain and shade. a double-layered perforated facade fits
over the structure, regulating sunlight penetration while offering a contemporary
interpretation of Mashrabiya, the latticework windows traditional to Arabic architecture. As
the two layers of these perforated panels slide along one another, different amounts of
light are permitted to enter the structure.
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SLIDES is founded on a passive heating and cooling system. during the summertime, the screen is kept closed by day to
minimize heat entering the interior, while a ventilation outlet in the buildings ceiling provides an escape for hot air. at
night, the windows are opened to permit the circulation of fresh air. during winter, the repositionable screen is moved to
the open position to maximize solar gain and heat absorption, while at night heat stored in the thermal mass flooring is
used to heat the interior space.
the design team has developed a fiber reinforced polymer for use in the buildings construction, composed of recycled
plastic bags and wood waste. the team is also exploring the use of traditional papyrus for the creation of the movable
screen. the buildings exterior design is based on the interlocking stones of ancient Egyptian construction.
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