Passive Solar 3D sun path studies
Posted on | September 5, 2008 |
This morning when I got up there was a treat in my inbox. Tim Stott, who works with a local sign production company we work with sent me the following:
… it led me to visit your website the other night and I got interested in your passive solar home blog. I wanted to see how it worked so I did a quick model and shadow study in Google SketchUp. The model is placed in Halifax faceing directly south. Both clips are from sun up to sun set…. one on January 3 and one on August 1. It worked out very nicely so I thought I would share the resullts.
These 3D models show how the sun will interact with the house. In the January model, you can clearly see how the South face gets sun full time, which will warm the slab and keep the house warm all winter long.
Alternatively, this August video shows how the overhangs/portico/decks will shade the house from the sun and keep it cool throughout the warm months. I think the sun in this case is moving from West to East, no matter, it still shows how it will work.
I can’t even tell you how awesome it is for Tim to have taken it upon himself to create these for me. Thanks Tim, you rock!
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September 5th, 2008 @ 12:55 pm
Such a simple video that completely illustrates the concept. My artistic eye wants the clip slowed down a bit, and green grass that becomes snow covered with the passage of time. Give ‘em an inch, they want a mile! I am just being a pest. The videos are excellent!