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Title: New England style passive solar

Journal Article · · Solar Today
OSTI ID:20080318

There are homeowners throughout New England who planned for and built homes that allow them to avoid the sting of winter's high heating bills. These climate-responsive homes rely on passive solar heating, cooling and lighting. An example of such a climate-responsive/passive solar house is the home that Arthur and Terry Becker build on 6 beautiful acres (2.4 hectares) of rolling farm and woodland southeast of Andover, Connecticut, in 1981. They worked very closely with their designer, Al Eggan of K.T. Lear and Associates, to ensure that they would never have to pay for home heating oil, and that they would enjoy a level of year-round comfort that they had not experienced in conventionally built homes.

Research Organization:
Lightly Treading, Energy and Design, Denver, CO (US)
OSTI ID:
20080318
Journal Information:
Solar Today, Vol. 14, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: May-Jun 2000; ISSN 1042-0630
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English