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Quality Windows Virginia Save Energy & Add Curb Appeal. Free Estimates in Charlottesville! WRITTEN BY JAMES NESTOR ILLUSTRATED BY MIKE PERRY FEBRUARY 2, 2009 ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HOME AT LAST PROJECT Wooler Mills House ARCHITECT Hays + Ewing Design Studio Wooler Mills House The first misconception about going solar is that it is expensive. The second is that it requires insanely complicated panels, transformers, and batteries. “We needed something simple, a way to use solar to cool the house more than anything,” explains Christopher Hays, principal of Hays + Ewing Design Studio, which he runs with his wife, Allison Ewing.“That’s how we were drawn to a passive solar setup.” Get Dwell in Print Get Dwell on iPad Give a Gift Customer Service SR2 Mega Bulb Pendant Light Explore Dwell Store Store Tabletop Cart (0) Checkout Sign In Register Dwell on Design Dwell Store Dwell Homes
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Quality Windows VirginiaSave Energy & Add Curb Appeal. Free Estimates in Charlottesville!
WRITTEN BY JAMES NESTOR ILLUSTRATED BY MIKE PERRY FEBRUARY 2, 2009
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HOME AT LAST
PROJECT Wooler Mills House
ARCHITECT Hays + Ewing Design Studio
Wooler Mills House
The first misconception about going solar is that it is expensive.
The second is that it requires insanely complicated panels, transformers, and batteries. “We
needed something simple, a way to use solar to cool the house more than anything,”
explains Christopher Hays, principal of Hays + Ewing Design Studio, which he runs with his
wife, Allison Ewing.“That’s how we were drawn to a passive solar setup.”
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Exploring the Solar Systems
For the past 30 years, we’ve been teased with
the promise of plentiful solar energy. But for
most of us, nerdy solar calculators and
watches are as close as we get to realizing
this promise.
Passive solar systems use sunlight to warm or cool a house without the use of electrical or
mechanical equipment, and are organized around the creative use and placement of
materials such as heat-retaining concrete floors, sun-blocking louvers, and ventilation
systems that naturally distribute air throughout a room or house. Because they use no
additional energy beyond sunlight, passive solar systems have no operating costs or
environmental impact and can cut energy costs for decades.
For their passive system, Hays and Ewing worked with a day-lighting consultant to study the
trajectory of the sun throughout the year, plotting its penetration inside the house during
each month. Fixed louvers were installed over windows to provide shade areas during
summer. As the sun moves in winter, direct sunlight flows into south rooms, providing heat.
For south-facing windows, Hays and Ewing installed three-foot overhangs and light-filtering
trellises. High-density Plycem panels work like concrete to retain daylight heat and
distribute it in the house throughout cool nights, keeping the architects warm inside the
house.
Using natural convective currents, fresh air flows through the living areas downstairs and
exhausts through the second-story windows. Windows upstairs at each end of the east-west-
running hallways allow for cross ventilation.
“Since this is a passive system, it doesn’t completely take care of the temperature in the
house,” explains Hays, “but it does protect a large degree—and that makes it totally worth it.”
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