My nephew worked for awhile with a solar cell startup. He told me my
house would be perfect for solar. Musk's company and other companies
are often around. It's about free installation until I ask if the
electrical upgrade is also free. ;-)
This house had a shake roof when I moved here and it was well advised to
replace it. When I did in 2007 I considered options including a new
shake roof with fireproof shakes but that was about another $5000 over
just a shingle roof. I also considered a tile roof also costing more
but also heavy. Both shakes and tiles are fashionable but most homes
around here were going to shingles. Mine reflect the sun in the summer
keeping the house cooler but unfortunately cooler in winter. In
December of 2007 when temps started getting low I decided I better have
some insulation put in but because of a trip to Seattle at the end of
the month put it off until January. A relative who had worked for PG&E
told me I was smart to do so because PG&E was giving out rebates but
those tended to run out late in the year and were funded again at the
start. So I got some help on the cost.
My other problem is finding a furnace tech who is not a scamster. I
regularly get ads from furnace techs who reviewed were mainly in the
business of selling you a new furnace. I need to keep my fingers
crossed that this furnace will make it through the winter. A local
contractor I know was going have someone he uses contact me to check out
the furnace and do a tune up but that never happened.
On 01/27/2017 06:46 AM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Our original house was generic vastu, and when we added on, we
rectified it according to MMY-SV. Petra and I are both enjoying
perfect health and immortality, and we owe it all to this house.
WRT solar efficiency, it has always bothered me that the emphasis is
completely focused on gathering vibrational woo from the east, even if
it means the structure will bake to a crisp in summer and gather no
solar heat at all in winter. How is that considered in tune with Nature?
---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote :
Doug,
Do you stay in a vastu home? If yes, has it been beneficial for your
family and yourself?
---In [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote :
Iowa gets temperature extremes in both directions. In early 20th
Century Fairfield, Iowa homes were being built in the Prairie style
with roof lines and eves that were scaled to let winter sunshine into
homes and then keep summer sunshine out.
Design accounting for solar orientation seemed to go away with newer
mechanical heating and cooling in new home building after WWII.. in
the ranch home etc. Efficiency in energy design came back with
tightened energy supplies in the 1970's. In the 1980's a number of
homes built by meditators were efficient super insulated and solar, in
the direction of the zero-net design today.
Sthapatya ved house design in Fairfield of the 2000’s seemed mostly to
throw solar orientation efficiency to the wind. There is a subdivision
of 40 homes going up in Fairfield that is SV design. Curious to see
if they have zero-net features. Design without optimizing energy
efficiency is such old design.
California homes aren't built for long term low temps but more for
staying cool in summer.
---In [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>, <noozguru@...> wrote :
I've seen different house solar heating units. Which one are you
talking about? I would think for most days those would work here.
Most I looked at were DIY and were more work than I wanted to do. I
have the heating running at 62 degrees and boost it if it rains to
keep dampness down. At nights in the living room I use a space heater.
On 01/26/2017 01:30 PM, jr_esq@... <mailto:jr_esq@...>
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
I'm using a portable heater and mostly stay in one room where my
computer is kept and where I'm posting this message right now. But
I'm estimating my heating cost to be high for this month. I'm
thinking of getting those solar panels to get power from the sun for
heating. Do you think this is cost effective here in the Bay Area?
---In [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>, <noozguru@...>
<mailto:noozguru@...> wrote :
Can't wait to see my PG&E bill for this month. Actually I can wait.
And I keep the house at 62 degrees most of the time. California
homes aren't built for long term low temps but more for staying cool
in summer. That's when they are concerned about electrical
consumption. And the cities around here are considering starting
their own municipal utilities and dumping PG&E which now has a
criminal felony conviction.
On 01/26/2017 10:52 AM, jr_esq@... <mailto:jr_esq@...>
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Thanks. It must be really cold over there right now. It's 54
degrees over here in SF and sunny. But it's cold for me.
---In [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>, <hepa7@...>
<mailto:hepa7@...> wrote :
Yes, I do live in Tampere.
