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Passive Solar Energy Heating For Cold Climates, and
Passive Solar COOLING For Hot Humid Climates

The term “Passive Solar Energy” means that basic physical concepts (such as sunshine, warm air rising, and cool air falling) are used to HEAT and COOL a building, WITHOUT the need for fans, water pumps, or other “active” mechanical equipment. Using solar radiation to Passively Heat Air and Water is VERY EASY AND INEXPENSIVE TO DO.

Using the sun's solar energy for Cooling and Dehumidification in a hot humid climate, (where the nighttime air is too warm and contains too much water vapor to use for direct ventilation), is a challenging engineering problem that Zero Energy Design, Inc. has solved cost effectively, without the use of expensive conventional compressor-based air conditioning equipment.

When nighttime air is TOO WARM (above 80 degrees F) and it contains TOO MUCH WATER VAPOR (above 50% Relative Humidity) then is can NOT be used for direct building ventilation. We must have some method of cooling the air and removing water vapor from it. Our achievable, proven goal is to eliminate net energy bills to do precisely that. VERY FEW people (other than those trained by Zero Energy Design) understand the practical state-of-the-art design-and-implementation issues of Passive Solar Energy Cooling in a Hot, Humid Climate.

VERY FEW people (other than those trained by Zero Energy Design) understand the practical state-of-the-art design-and-implementation issues of Passive Solar Energy Cooling in a Hot, Humid Climate.The U.S. Department Of Energy and Oakridge National Laboratories selected us to present a full-day workshop on “Three Decades Of Passive Solar Energy Heating and COOLING” at their prestigious International Buildings Conference.
(www.ZeroEnergyDesign.com/doe.html) (www.ornl.gov/sci/buildings/Workshops_07.html#14)

We offer our 800-page ZED eBook PDF, our 500 DOE Passive Solar Energy Workshop slides, 400 Future Energy slides, and other bonus materials on our CD-ROM for only $25. Zero Energy Design ebook

We are committed Passive Solar Energy Research Scientists with a long track record of consistent success. We provide three decades of experience, extensive comprehensive solution specifics, and many details that are simply NOT available for any other source.

Some Passive Solar Energy techniques were understood by ancient Greeks 2500 years ago, like orienting entire communities with tens of thousands of buildings so that every one takes advantage of winter sunshine, while blocking the hot summer sun (when it is 47 degrees higher than the low winter sun). Some modern Passive Solar Energy techniques are very-new “state of the art” that do not yet appear in any other text book. For 27 years (since Jimmy Carter’s Solar Energy Tax Credits) Natural Energy Applied Research, and Zero Energy Design, inc., have been demonstrating state-of-the-art Passive Solar Energy technology that can eliminate conventional heating and cooling bills. Our ZED book has been growing, and iteratively refined for nearly THREE DECADES. Our CD-ROM is the most comprehensive and complete information resource on Passive Solar Energy Heating and especially Passive Solar Energy Cooling that we have ever heard of anywhere.

Today we design Zero Energy Buildings that can have NO ENERGY BILLS. They do not even have to be connected to any energy company. After construction, they produce NO GREENHOUSE GASES, and do NOT contribute to man-made climate change Global Warming, or pollution of our delicate environment. Our buildings can help eliminate the need to ever build any more fossil fuel or nuclear power plants.

Your Passive Solar Energy information source is our comprehensive 800+ page Zero Energy Design ebook pdf on CD-ROM with hundreds of full color illustrations, photos, and diagrams.