EBS test 2

Jacob’s II House

Precedent for PASSIVE HEATING

Frank Lloyd wright

Thermal mass (earth berm) on 1 side

Deep overhang- protects from summer lets in winter

Zion national park, Utah

South facing windows with TROMBE WALLS

Windows shaded during summer

Shelly ridge Girl Scout center

Precedent for THIN TROMBE WALL

Shorter time lag so delivers heat during afternoon-early evening

University of Utah college of arc and planning

Thermal mass TROMBE WALL with wood, wire, mesh, and river rock

Nature & environment learning center/ bureau SLA

Precedent for TROMBE WALL

Braille- pattern of recessed half shells to increase surface area facing the sun

Trombe walls can be beautiful

In Amsterdam, Netherlands

La Vereda Compound

Precedent for SUNSPACE

BedZED

Precedent for SUNSPACES

Minimizing embodied emissions

Integrating energy systems at neighborhood scale

Cross section design- maximizes south orientation

Offices on north, homes on south

Balcomb House

Precedent for SUNSPACES

Douglas balcomb

Santa Fe, NM

Double doors allow convection currents 2 heat house but seal off sunspace @ night

At night, common adobe wall heats house and sunspace

Sunspace contributes about 90% of heating

Vieider House, Bolzano Italy

Precedent for SUNSPACES

isolated sunspaces- mass wall and insulated, no openings

Good for extremely hot/ cold climates