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Passive Solar & Masonry Heater in Bocabec- BE, PS
Plus d'informations : Passive Solar & Masonry Heater in Bocabec- BE, PSA number of features have been added to the house to make it more efficient, such as the use of strapping (to reduce thermal bridging), putting insulation on the exterior of the concrete foundation (so as to maximize thermal mass), and lots of insulation in the walls and ceiling. The house is also somewhat submerged…
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Vegetable Oil Furnace in St. Andrews- BE
Plus d'informations : Vegetable Oil Furnace in St. Andrews- BEAs a source of heat to meet requirements during the colder months, a furnace was installed which runs on waste vegetable oil. The owner had previous experience using veggie oil, as he has run his diesel vehicles on waste veggie oil for many years. The furnace is very efficient (90% +) and works well using…
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Passive Solar in St. Andrews- PS
Plus d'informations : Passive Solar in St. Andrews- PSA number of features have been added to the house to make it more efficient, such as the use of strapping (to reduce thermal bridging), insulating foil as a vapour barrier, and lots of insulation in the walls and ceiling. Local materials were used for constructing the house, and no trees were cut down in…
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Solar Hot Air and Water in Elmwood- SE
Plus d'informations : Solar Hot Air and Water in Elmwood- SEThis four bedroom, three level home has great southern exposure. The owner has experience in the construction field and has also taken training in performing solar hot water installations. He decided that he could get great value from installing two solar thermal technologies – a very efficient solar hot water system from Enerworks and two…
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Solar Hot Water in Woodstock- SE
Plus d'informations : Solar Hot Water in Woodstock- SEThis evacuated tube solar hot water system with 65 gallon tank provides space heating through wall mounted radiator. The owners of this system are happy with it, however revisions were needed as the system was installed incorrectly.
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180W Photovoltaic on Off-Grid House in Kingston Peninsula- BE, SE
Plus d'informations : 180W Photovoltaic on Off-Grid House in Kingston Peninsula- BE, SEThe owner started constructing his off-grid home on a 8.1 hectares (20-acre) woodlot in 1996–97. He strove to have as low an impact as possible for the construction, and did this through a number of ways: all wood was milled on site from local sources, recycled materials were used whenever possible (such as old doors), he…
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Passive Solar Sun Room in Saint John- PS
Plus d'informations : Passive Solar Sun Room in Saint John- PSThe passive solar sun porch is a main feature of the original design as a beach house. The solar face of the house is situated slightly west of true south. All the restoration work on the exterior of the house including the windows is being done using natural materials, replacing wood with wood, and the storm…
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5.4 t (6 ton) Geothermal in Saint John- GT
Plus d'informations : 5.4 t (6 ton) Geothermal in Saint John- GTThis house was originally built as a beach side cottage in 1905 on the west side of the City of Saint John. This project was a major conversion of an oil fired hot water boiler system to an in ground vertical heat pump of 5.4 t (6 ton) capacity. The owner researched and directed much of the…
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Solar Hot Water in Ashland- SE
Plus d'informations : Solar Hot Water in Ashland- SEThis was one of the first systems installed by Sunwave. It was originally installed to provide water and space heating. However, it produced all of its heat in the summer, when the space heat wasn’t needed. The system was oversized for the users, leading to ongoing problems with overheating, etc. Several components of the original…
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Passive Solar Home with Air-to-Air Heat Pump in Fredericton- PS
Plus d'informations : Passive Solar Home with Air-to-Air Heat Pump in Fredericton- PSThis passive solar house is situated in a residential area and blends into the surrounding mixed forest environment being adjacent to a city woodlot. The high insulation levels of ICF (insulated concrete form) construction, R-30 to R-50, are key to the passive solar heating. The generating element of the passive solar heat is the 2-storey…





