Thermal Solar Heating and Cooling

Insulation blocks the passage of temperature from inside out and visa versa.

Also known as Thermal Mass absorbs heat. Example: concrete, earth, stone, water. The more dense the mass the more temperature it will hold, hot or cold.

-cardboard
-paper
-recycled jeans insulation

Is the measurement of resistance of heat flow through a given thickness of material. A high R-Value is more resistant.

Insolation is the amount of sunlight hours in a day. The winter average should be used to calculate system sizing.

-The are indigenous to Earth
-The rubber encased earth is resilient to earthquakes.
-They only need to be gathered and used.
-They won't burn when packed with earth.
-When packed with earth they are a dense mass that will hold heat.
-A tire is it's own foundation.

Cooling is by convection using cooling tubes to take cool air from the earth and ventilation through high placed windows on the south side of the building.

Solar gain that comes through the windows is absorbed by dense mass (densely packed tires and the insulated berm)

"The Grid" is a centralized source of power (electricity) that is expensive, inefficient, corrupt and destructive to the planet. It is a fragile and antiquated system that is subject to governments, corporations and weather.

The movement of heat from one place to another by movement of liquid or gas.

The process by which heat is directly transmitted through when there is a difference in temperature without movement of material.

-Comfortable shelter
-Water
-Food
-Treatment of human waste
-Treatment of garbage
-Electricity