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To: longz who wrote (7)12/19/2023 11:50:25 AM
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My parents built my Wisconsin home back in 1967. In the lower floor they sweated 3/4 inch copper pipe (back before pex existed) in a layer of insulated cement (before the days of gyp-crete0 .

It is heated by a fuel oil boiler. No natural gas, but could use propane.

I'm building an additional room that will be adjacent to the top floor. It will be on the top of a hill and it will have a large southern exposure.

I Intend it to have mostly all dual pane windows with thermal isolating polymer in between the inside and outside frames. The area between the two glasses is filled with an inert gas that also does not allow temperature to travel hot or cold.

I put a 12 foot window in my old school house (where I store my cars and shop). As long as it is a sunny day the glass lets the sunshine in and has saved me a lot of $$ off of the previous heating bills.

On average heating the room costs only 17.00 per month. I keep the thermostat on 54 and on a sunny day it will heat the room to 64 -66 degrees!

The glass has nano particles that are oriented to be flat. During the winter the sun is flatter on the horizon and sunshine comes into the room without bouncing off the flat particles. During the summer when the sun is higher on the horizon the particles deflect the suns rays and keeps the room cooler.

The concrete floor will be covered by a dark colored vinyl floor and that should also radiate and heat the pex buried in the floor. I'll hook up a pump to circulate the water on sunny days trough the areas of the house that don't get sunshine. It will be a free heater of water to circulate through the rest of the house. Arctic Geo pump From Canada makes the Geo pump and can combine it with the fuel boiler and the solar hot water heater that will go up on the roof. I studied the designs and solar hot water heaters with a heat exchanger coupled with an air geopump are supposed to be the most efficient. Some studies have performed so well they generated a pay back time period of 3-4 years.

The IRA just passed allows a 30 tax credit 0n the heaters, pumps service units and even the roof costs.

I have 40 acres and it is hilly. I'm told keeping the photovolaic cells on the ground and burying the electricity generated via wire to the building is the best way to max the power created. Toying with one that follows the sun and will minimize the size of the panels. "Flower Pedal" youtube.com

Bob
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