Comments on: Solaleya – You belong to nature

By: bimbichette

bimbichette — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:32 +0000

I don’t understand …
I don’t understand your comments… The house apprently let’s you take the orientation you desire to maximize passive solar energy (heat) for your bedroom then for your living room or any room you want to spend time in. Seems pretty good to me.
The foundation also looks like it is causing much less disruption of the parcel that a traditional house. Also the fact that it is raised from the ground must tremendously reduce humidity in the home. Great et….

By: utanja

utanja — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:32 +0000

Ridiculous! Lose …
Ridiculous! Lose all the benefits of earth berming, ambient earth temperature, and Annualized Geo-Solar heating and cooling, just to rotate to keep the sun on one side of the house? Build a passive solar. What a disastrous understanding of the problem, and an unnecessary waste of energy and resources.

By: eleezyienne

eleezyienne — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:32 +0000

i want one!!!!
i want one!!!!

By: djdriv3

djdriv3 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:32 +0000

i want to build …
i want to build this ufo

By: utanja

utanja — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:31 +0000

It’s a cool design, …
It’s a cool design, but it’s not practical.

By: broker23456

broker23456 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:31 +0000

How do they produce …
How do they produce electricity?? Near the house I did not see some cables and so one….

By: f00ky3w2oob

f00ky3w2oob — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:31 +0000

hmm untreated wood? …
hmm untreated wood?
I wonder how they deal with bora (spelling sucks) and stuff
and get it non-rotting.. must be the type of wood used I guess? .. Or is there some natural solution?

By: utanja

utanja — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:31 +0000

In the winter the …
In the winter the floor would be cold, or, the house would require enormous amounts of heating over night. Humidity is reduced by removing excess moisture from the air, this could not be done in this house without enormous energy expenditures. You can do it very cheaply using earth-coupled heat exchangers.

By: utanja

utanja — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:32:31 +0000

There is always a …
There is always a north side to the house, and sometimes its the rooms you are occuping so there is more thermal loss. There is no thermal mass in the house, so you do not have any retention of solar gain during the day to radiate at night. The foundation does not gain any moderating effect from the earth because it is raised above and likely insulated from.