Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-25 Thread Steve Spence
] - Original Message - From: bratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of) I remember a grey water system article in Mother Earth News where the heat was recovered from waste water , and used

Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-24 Thread Ken Basterfield
PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 11:23 PM Subject: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of) OK, I lied, this isn't about biofuels per se, but rather about home energy generation. I am rebuilding my house in Seattle, and want to go with passive solar heating

Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-24 Thread Steve Spence
den bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of) On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:23 am, Thor Skov wrote: OK, I lied, this isn't about biofuels per se, but rather about home energy generation. I am

[biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-23 Thread Thor Skov
OK, I lied, this isn't about biofuels per se, but rather about home energy generation. I am rebuilding my house in Seattle, and want to go with passive solar heating supplemented with an efficient wood fireplace insert (see, biofuels!). My question is about solar water heating. I'd like to

Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-23 Thread robert luis rabello
Thor Skov wrote: My question is about solar water heating. I'd like to use solar panels and recaptured waste water heat to preheat water, store it in tanks, and then pipe it to electric on-demand heaters at the point of usage. Does anyone know of a design for such a system? I really

RE: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-23 Thread kirk
Message- From: robert luis rabello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:35 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of) Thor Skov wrote: My question is about solar water heating. I'd like to use solar panels and recaptured waste water

Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-23 Thread bratt
time in winter. EdB - Original Message - From: Thor Skov To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:23 PM Subject: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of) OK, I lied, this isn't about biofuels per se, but rather about home energy generation. I am

Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-23 Thread Hakan Falk
Thor, I am doing the part of solar heating and heat on demand in my house and it works fine. It is however somewhat different to what you are describing, depending on what you mean with point of demand. You must have separate feed of hot and cold water to the point of demand. I have a tank of

Re: [biofuel] A biofuels question (sort of)

2003-03-23 Thread paul van den bergen
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:23 am, Thor Skov wrote: OK, I lied, this isn't about biofuels per se, but rather about home energy generation. I am rebuilding my house in Seattle, and want to go with passive solar heating supplemented with an efficient wood fireplace insert (see, biofuels!). my

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2003-03-23 Thread martin
A friend of mine was/is building a recycled house. He used wooden beams from a factory being torn down. The structure is either a hexagon or a decagon shape, I can't remember exactly. It has a center concrete column, this is where the interesting part is. There is a heavy wood stove at the