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Updated September 2019
-Innovative trickle down collector solar water heating system...
-6.3 KW DIY grid-tied PV system...
-Innovative, energy efficient, solar heated, cost effective solar home in Montana...
-Measuring noise levels in the camper van to determine effectivness of noise treatments...
-A unique strawbale arch home desing -- great for owner built homes-- many unique design details...
-Lifetime fuel use and emissions for ProMaster Camper Conversion...
-A nice DIY design for effective and attractive thermal shades...
-A DIY solar water heater for pigs...
-A DIY Arduino based solar water heating controller...
-Campervan conv -- first trip lessons and fuel econonomy...
-Campervan conversion -- a weight summary for conversion and payload...
-Camper van conversion -- adding running boards...
-A unique full wall solar space heating collector using a serpentine drain back collector -- very complete documentation...
-1 year update on Peter's Costa Rica thermosyphon solar water heating system...
-Camper van conversion -- thermal shades heat loss test...
-Camper van conversion -- homemade composting toilet...
- Update on energy efficient pet door with lab testing report...
-Very good presentation on hydronic heating systems for energy efficient homes...
-FSEC paper on attic temperatures for various roof constructions...
-DIY white coating a black tar roof for cooling...
-Road trip mpg for 2010 Prius trip to SW...
-A very easy to build portable solar generator for emergencies....
-Detailed instructions on making collector fins from recycled printer's plates...
-Construction manual for a thermosyphon solar water heater for warm climates...
-Biomeiler - detials on a project that extracts heat from large compost piles -- up to 24 months of heat production...
-Sources of material of aluminum collector fins including one free source...
-Added some new material on PEX properties (bend rad, temps, pres drop...)...
- A DIY gray water heat exchanger to capture energy from shower drain...
- An efficient solar home in upstate NYwith a long track record...
- Solar greenhouse stores excess daytime heat via water to air heat exchanger...
- Alex Wilson on Heat Pump Water Heaters in the winter...
- Simple and efficient space cooling scheme from AU that uses water cooled by radiation to the night sky...
- A very simple bucket at a time solar batch water heater....
- Update on Chad's AC evaporative cooling of condenser coil project...
- Update on Chad's pivoting solar heating collector project...
- Five year update on Gordon's deep energy retrofit...
- 2013 update on the Half Program...
- A highly sustainable and solar heated loo -- very nice....
-Mounting large insulated glass glazing units in a sunspace...
-A DIY installation of a Ground Source Heat Pump AND 5 KW PV array-- no heat bills and low emissions...
-Very interesting video tour of sandbed seasonal storage solar home in Michigan...
-Air duct temperature drop calculator...
-Alan Rushforth on building large cylindrical solar heat storage tanks...
-The Dumont super insulated Saskatchewan -- simple technology with great efficiency...
-Adding a backup heating system to the $2K Solar Space and Water Heating System...
-The passive solar bird bath is back...
-A new section of backdraft dampers for solar air heating collectors-- several DIY and commercial designs...
-A couple new entries on the micro hydro page...
-Buried and encapsulated HVAC ducts in the attic...
-DIY solar lighting for dim parts of the house during the day...
-A little freeze problem on the Solar Shed (see the Dec 9, 2013 update)...
-PV powered pool pump...
-New section on efficiently powering pool pumps...
-Our Home Power article on Low Thermal Mass Sunspaces...
-Working on a good over window solar collector design...
-Changing to more efficient DVR saves 310 KWH and 500 lbs of CO2 emissions per year...
-Reading your gas meter...
-Several more schemes for freeze protecting stock watering systems...
-A very nicely done solar space heating system in VA modeled after our $2K system...
-Another fascinating passively heated and cooled house in Colorado using some very unique design features...
-Fascinating passively cooled home in the tropics...
-A simple DIY solar firewood dryer...
-A good design guide for Masonry Heaters...
-Good Chuck Marken article on troubleshooting solar hot water systems...
-Update on my treated wood PV mounts ...
-Good article on insulating basement walls...
-Some small updates to the Solar Stock Heated Tank -- this is a good time of year to get going on building yours...
-Maintaining prime for a pump located above the drain back tank...
- A grid tie inverter that provides backup power when the grid is dow without batteries...
-A homemade thermal imaging camera for cheap...
-A highly reflective, inexpensive white roof coating for cooling...
-A simple and portable solar cooker...
-Side by Side test of two popular DIY solar air heating collectors: Pop Cans vs Screen...
-SolarDan tests some new CPVC water heating solar collector designs...
-Tom Gocze's Hot and Cold TV has come to Youtube. This is a great show for DIY energy nuts (and non-nuts). Several past shows available and more being added...
-Nick Pine has a new blog with articles of interest to people designing and building renewable energy projects. Ask the Renewable Engineer...
- Test of various reflective surfaces in front of a vertical collector to improve performance...
- An innovative solar water cooker.....
-Making DYE Solar Cells -- a guide to making dye solar sells as an educational project...
- A simple way to make PV panel mounting racks....
-New section on reflectors to improved solar collector (or window) performance: design, performance, testing, examples...
-A Design Challenge: Help ClubRust with solar heating low income homes ...
- An advanced model solar airplane project...
- Alliance for Green Heat -- good source of information on efficiency and emissions for wood burners...
- Closthesline Tiny Home -- A very nice tiny home design with lots of design, build, and live in information...
- A well house with passive solar freeze protection...