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Greenbuilding Archive for February 2001
149 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:25:04 2002
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Re: [GBlist] in-floor radiant and solar slab

  • To: GreenBuilding@crest.org
  • Subject: Re: [GBlist] in-floor radiant and solar slab
  • From: Speireag Alden <Joshua.M.Alden.91@alum.dartmouth.org>
  • Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 16:38:09 -0500
  • Delivered-To: mailing list greenbuilding@crest.org
  • Mailing-List: contact greenbuilding-help@crest.org; run by ezmlm
Sgrìobh Ron Cline:

>I am working on a design for our new home in New Mexico, where it is
>common to have single-story homes heated with in-floor hot water radiant
>systems.  Does anyone know if such a system can be effectively
>integrated with a Kachadorian-style solar slab set beneath the radiant
>system slab?

     It is possible to have both, anyway.  I did it, and I'm sitting
in a chair on my earthen floor right now.

     I'm not sure what would constitute effective integration.  What
are you after?

-Speireag.
--
Speireag Alden, aka Joshua Macdonald Alden
Usually found somewhere in the wilds of New Hampshire.