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Old 08-28-11, 10:29 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
What if an ASHP was to draw air from a solar hot air collector? Has anyone tried this?
There's a house here in Portland called the Rose House that uses this kind of scheme.

It not only boosts the efficiency of the ASHP, it also reduces the temperature of the PV array and boosts it's efficiency, too.

See this link.

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