[GBlist] Re: [be2] exterior insulated shutters close automatically overwindows at night time

[Renewable News Network <rnn@rnn.com>]

Debra,
Shurcliff's "Thermal Shutters and Shades" is still one of the
most interesting and comprehensive compilations of, as he writes,
"schemes for reducing heat loss through windows."   -ross@rnn.com

encl:

(from the) Table of Contents:

Chapters:
 8  OUTDOOR OPAQUE SHUTTERS ATTACHED BY HINGES
 9  OUTDOOR OPAQUE SHUTTERS THAT SLIDE TO RIGHT OR LEFT
10  OUTDOOR OPAQUE SHUTTERS OF OTHER TYPES

(Other parts of the book are also orderly and diverse, but the
typologies here best apply to the situation described. -r)


8  OUTDOOR OPAQUE SHUTTERS ATTACHED BY HINGES        page

Outdoor Single-Plate Attached by Hinges
  at One Side                                          65
Outdoor Shutter Employing Two Plates
  Hinged at the Sides                                  65
Outdoor Shutter Emploving Two Pairs of Hinged
  Folding Plates Operable from Indoors
    (Thermafold Shutter)                               66
Outdoor Single Plate Attached by Hinges at Top         66
Outdoor Single Plate Controlled by Cord
  Attached to Arm                                       67
Outdoor Single Plate, Hinged at Top, That
  Employs Four Tricks to Make Plate Close
  Tightly Automatically                                  68
Outdoor Single Plate, Hinged at Top, Raised with
  the Aid of a Pulley Attached to Eaves                  70
Outdoor Single Plate That Can Be Secured at the
  Bottom by a Latch System Controlled by the
  Same Cord Used in Raising the Plate                    70
Outdoor Single Plate Hinged at Top and
  Controlled by Worm-and-Gear
    (Saskatchewan Outdoor Shutter)                       71
Outdoor Single Reflective Plate Hinged at Bottom
    (Baer Shutter)                                       72
Outdoor Single Reflective Plate Hinged at Bottom
  in Winter and at Top in Summer                         73


9 OUTDOOR OPAQUE SHUTTERS THAT SLIDE TO RIGHT OR LEFT

Outdoor Single Sliding Plate Suspended from
  an E-W Track (Zero Energy House Shutter)              77
Outdoor Tandem Sliding Plates Suspended from
  an E-W Track (Goosebrook House Shutter)               81
Outdoor Single Sliding Plate That Has Compliant
Suspension, Slides with Little Friction, and Is
  Clamped Tightly Against Window Frame                  82


10 OUTDOOR OPAQUE SHUTTERS OF OTHER TYPES

Outdoor Multi-Wooden-Strip Roll-Up Shutter
  That Has Swing-Out Capability (Rolladen
  Shutter Employing Wood)                                85
Outdoor Iviulti-Chambered-Hollow-Slat Roll-Up
  Shutter (Rolladen Shutter Emploving Plastic)           85
Outdoor Multi-Chambered-Hollow-Slat Roll-Up
  Shutter (Therma-Roll Shutter)                          86
Outdoor Multi-Chambered-Hol low-Slat Roll-Up
  Shutter (Serrande Shutter)                             87
Outdoor Multi-Chambered-Hollow-Slat Roll-Up
  Shutter (Pease Rolling Shutter)                        87
Outdoor Multi-Chambered-Hollow-Slat Roll-Up
  Shutter (Rolsekur Shutter)                             88
Outdoor Multi-Styrofoam-Board Roil-Up Shutter
    (Beale Shutter)                                      88
Outdoor Venetian Blind-Type Devices                      88


<RNN>

On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, debra lombard wrote:

> Happy New Year Everyone!
>
> I am looking for a case study (residential most likely) of a building
> that uses photo sensors in conjunction with solar/PV and any other
> alternative methods
> of making exterior insulated shutters close automatically over windows
> at night time?
> Are there any houses like this out there?? This is for my personal
> research.
>
> Regards to all,
> Debra Lombard
> dlombard@earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~dlombard
>
>
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