|
|
| RicodJour 2005-10-22, 12:21 pm |
| Watching one of those home shows on HGTV and was tickled by the remark
that a triangular house was designed that way for energy efficiency.
Exactly how does maximizing exterior surface area while minimizing
floor space improve energy efficiency?
R
| |
| Adam Weiss 2005-10-22, 4:21 pm |
| RicodJour wrote:
> Watching one of those home shows on HGTV and was tickled by the remark
> that a triangular house was designed that way for energy efficiency.
> Exactly how does maximizing exterior surface area while minimizing
> floor space improve energy efficiency?
>
> R
>
Less space to heat.
More solar heat gain.
Was the house in Alaska? Minnesota?
| |
| vlaskamp@gmail.com 2005-10-23, 7:21 am |
| Does triangular mean three facades and a roof or is it a tipi like
construction? If you tilt three facades and don't make a roof, then the
exterior surface is reduced > more efficient.=20
V=E4=F6s
| |
| 3D Peruna 2005-10-23, 11:21 pm |
| Adam Weiss wrote:
> RicodJour wrote:
>
>
> Less space to heat.
>
> More solar heat gain.
>
>
> Was the house in Alaska? Minnesota?
Or Phoenix? It's really dependent on the design. What I want to know
is how they're going to finish the interior corners.... Talk about
wasted space.
| |
| RicodJour 2005-10-24, 1:21 am |
| The house was in Virginia, I believe. It was a whole "green" thing and
seemed like they got caught up in the idea more than the reality of it.
My favorite green building was some guy who did woodworking in a wood
house in the woods. He wanted the whole place to just return to the
soil with no trace when he died. That's what I call taking your ego
out of the equation.
R
|
|
|
|