Thanks very much to ‘Linton’ for his/her recent video posts at Hugg.com (provided inspiration for this and the previous post as well).
This particular video is one from YourTV20.com (via YouTube.com), where you can find many more cool green videos. I’m pretty sure there is a new video released every day in the form of a short green news report.
There also seem to be some interesting green articles as well.
Be sure to check it out.
Here is an interesting YouTube video about a house that uses only solar energy to heat and cool. It’s fairly short, but it’s interesting to see how it works.
The house was made by a company called Enertia® Building Systems. I highly recommend you check out the website. It has all kinds of interesting information and showcases quite a few of the homes they have built.
Here is a blurb outlining the basic principles invovled:
In the Enertia® Building System, solid Energy-Engineered(tm) wood walls replace siding, framing, insulation, and paneling. An air flow and access channel, or Envelope, runs around the building, just inside the walls – creating a miniature biosphere. Here solar heated air circulates, pumping and boosting geothermal energy from beneath the house, storing it in the massive wood walls. Thermal inertia causes the house to “float” between the cycles of night and day, and even between the seasons.
Many aspects of the Enertia® House are unusual and innovative – but backed up by science, common-sense, and prototype homes across America. In fact, each aspect listed below increases the energy efficiency of the building. The effect is Synergistic – equal to more than the sum of the parts. The Enertia® House can make more energy than it uses!
