Cut costs by harnessing outdoor heat with a solar wall

Daox · 09-21-11, 08:38 AM

Don't have the time, patience or money to make your own solar hot air panels? How about just bolting a sheet of black metal to the south side of your house and pulling air through it? Thats really all this is. Cheap and easy solution! Have your HRV pull air through this and you'd almost never have a problem with icing up during the day.

I think I'll be informing my employer about this. They have a decent south facing wall.

Cut costs by harnessing outdoor heat with a solar wall - The Globe and Mail

madmike · 09-21-11, 09:40 AM

I've seen that one before. Material they use almost looks like vented soffit material.

iamgeo · 09-21-11, 09:43 AM

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Very interesting.

zick · 09-22-11, 09:01 AM

Interesting, I like that they use their HRV to pull the warm air in. We have a HRV in our house and it would be nice to encorporate that into a hot air panel and pull in warm air instead of cool air during the winter and since it runs anyways why not utilize that. Got me thinking now.

09-21-11, 08:38 AM	#1
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09-21-11, 09:40 AM	#2
madmike Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 52 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	I've seen that one before. Material they use almost looks like vented soffit material.

09-21-11, 09:43 AM	#3
iamgeo Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lakehills, Tx Posts: 168 Thanks: 4 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	SolarWall® ? The world leader in solar air heating (solar air heater and fresh air ventilation systems), new hybrid PV/T (photovoltaic and solar thermal) cogeneration system, inventor of the perforated transpired solar collector! - SolarWall, ou Very interesting.

09-22-11, 09:01 AM	#4
zick Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: WI Posts: 42 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Interesting, I like that they use their HRV to pull the warm air in. We have a HRV in our house and it would be nice to encorporate that into a hot air panel and pull in warm air instead of cool air during the winter and since it runs anyways why not utilize that. Got me thinking now.