Solar air heated floor/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Solar Radiant Heated Floor Slab Kit
Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

Solar heated radiant floor with radiant heated hot water for a site with problem soil - expansive clay

...airrather than liquid. There are many advantages toair-heatedradiantfloors over hydronic radiantfloors , but none greater than the ability to injectsolar-heatedairinto the thermal battery which is the concrete slabfloor. PassiveSolarair-heatedradiantfloorslab on grade forming kit © EcohomeSolara...

Solar thermal collectors

All about solar thermal collectors

...SolarWater Heaters, read about EcoHome's new concept home with asolarairheatedradiantfloorthat deliverssolarheatedwater in the summer months. This and all you need to know about high performance home building can be found in the EcoHome Green Building Guide pages.

Solar Air Heating Panels for Homes - How to Build DIY
Solar thermal collectors

All about solar air heaters - DIY or purchased

...solarairheaters work:Solarairheater diagram © Ecohome The above diagram indicates the basic concept of asolarairheater, and while there are many designs, the basic principle is the same - a small fan feeds interiorairinto a south-facing wall-mounted panel.Airisheatedas it passes behind a black sur...

Solar thermal collectors

Product of the month: Solar water heater with overheating protection

...SolarThermal Water Heaters ,SolarAirHeaters , and EcoHome's new concept home with asolarairheatedradiantfloorin the EcoHome Green Building Guides .

Prefab Passive House & LEED Kit Homes for Sale in Ontario & North Eastern US
Concept and design

Prefab Passive House & LEED ready kit homes - the future of buying a new home?

...solarairheatedfloorthat this house will rest on The Wakefield HouseSolarAirHeatedFloor© Ecohome Chosen High Efficiency Heating Brands : LegalettSolarAir-HeatedSlab-on-Grade Form Kits Powrmatic heat pumps DF-Jade House, (Pacific Energy Fireplaces & Stove), Wood Stove and (The Grill Bowl), Grill...

Off grid, passively heated and cooled house in the Gatineau Hills, Que
Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

Off grid living blog, part 2: passively heated, this house in Quebec aims for LEED certification

...solarpanels, andheatedby a woodstove and radiantfloors warmed by a propane boiler. A double exterior wall system reduces heat loss to a fraction of what you would expect from most other new houses being built. Off Grid Homes can also be attractive © Bala structures Exterior wall composit...

Crawl Spaces or Slab on Grade Foundations?
Foundations and Basements

Slab on grade or crawlspaces, which is better?

...heatedfloorprovides greater thermal comfort for occupants, and, compared to forced-airheating, it does not blow dust around your home. So it offers an advantage for cleaner indoor-airquality than a crawl space foundation. A polished concretefloorwith a non-toxic finish is the most durable and healthyflooring m...

Passive Solar Home design at it's best - Kenogami House - EcoHome
Passive solar home design

Ecohome Kenogami House wins Home of the Year Award

...AirChanges per Hour at 50 Pascals of pressure) Energy systems: 5400 w photovoltaicsolarpanels with battery backup Radiantfloorheat powered by a high efficiency gas boiler 84% efficient Zehnder Novus 300 ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator) While similar in concept, an ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator) w...

Built to ENDURE: the Net Zero Heat Kenogami House
Efficient home design

The Kenogami House: designed to ENDURE

...airquality. Many building materials contain chemicals that are extremely harmful when inhaled and can lead to severe respiratory illnesses. Along with the health impacts for home occupants, chemical manufacturing can put production workers at risk, and results in environmental pollution of ourair、陆地和水路……

Crawlspace radon barrier installation for radon mitigation
Radon in Homes - Mitigation

Removing radon gas from basements and crawlspaces

...Airsealing betweenfloors to stop radon: If you have extremely high levels of radon, the Radostat and HRV option may work well , but might not bring you to completely safe levels. Due to the stack effect of warmairrising , basementairwill always find its way to upperfloors to balance pressure as warmairescape...

Non-toxic building materials can improve home air quality
Healthy indoor air quality

Maintaining healthy indoor air quality

...airthan humidair. If you have a mould problem, clean it with detergent. But mould will always come back unless you address the issue that caused it. See our pages on ventilation andairexchangers for more information on home humidity. VOCs Volatile organic compounds form a large part of household chemical poll...