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2. Double envelope house - Wikipedia

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   A double envelope house is a passive solar house design which collects solar energy in a solarium and passively allows the warm air to circulate around the house between two sets of walls, a double building envelope. This design is from 1975 by Lee Porter Butler in the United States.

3. Passive solar building design - Wikipedia

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   In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, reflect, and distribute solar energy, in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer. This is called passive solar design because, unlike active solar heating systems, it does not involve the use of mechanical and electrical devices.

4. Solar thermal collector - Wikipedia

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   Solar air heating is a renewable energy heating technology used to heat or condition air for buildings or process heat applications. It is typically the most cost-effective of all the solar technologies, especially in large scale applications, and it addresses the largest usage of building energy in heating climates, which is space heating and ...

5. Solar thermal energy - Wikipedia

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   MIT's Solar House#1 built in 1939 used seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) for year-round heating. Systems for utilizing low-temperature solar thermal energy include means for heat collection; usually heat storage, either short-term or interseasonal; and distribution within a structure or a district heating network.

6. The Best Portable Heaters Will Warm Any Room of the House - AOL

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   The GiveBest Portable Electric Space Heater is a versatile device well suited to the average household’s needs. Its compact design and user-friendly controls make it a great go-to, portable ...

7. Dover Sun House - Wikipedia

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   Dover Sun House was one of the world's first solar-heated houses. It was designed by architect Eleanor Raymond and had a heating system developed by physicist Mária Telkes . In 1948, Mária Telkes and architect Eleanor Raymond began working on the Dover Sun House. [ 2 ]