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Posted By Mark Chalom 10-13-2023 09:18 AM
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MIT is looking at using Bio Char in concrete, to make a super conductor to store electricity emaging you foundation will be your battery. Maybe concrete EVs. Interesting! Love to hear feedback. Mark /https://scitechdaily.com/new-breakthrough-in-energy-storage-mit-engineers-create-supercapacitor-out ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 08-21-2023 10:54 AM
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Hello Keith, There are a few tools I use for Passive Solar design. Either for study or for teaching. Its very direct and graphic. it will not produce numbers but very visual. I use it for off South analysis as well as shading situations. A simple model can show a lot. a photo from horizon can show seasonal ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 06-30-2023 09:58 AM
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Hello Dara. I have reviewed the "Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum" sent to me by you. It is to be filled out by the owner, builder or other, not necessarily the appraiser. It is very complex with various green elements. Passive Solar is not mentioned unless it comes under the name "other". ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 06-23-2023 10:26 AM
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Hello all, Two years ago we had our home appraised for refinancing. At that time appraisers were three months out. We did not have any choice of who. The appraiser we got explained to us, he was legally and by rules of the appraising industry, he was not allowed to give us a nickel for our 5 kw PV System. ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 06-13-2023 09:51 AM
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Hello, I like the concept of K.I.S.S. As Florence van Dresser always said, " you don't need a chain saw to cut butter"! With that in mind i wants to share my trash solar, sunny honey de crystalizer. Its not going to solve the energy crisis but we all have jars of crystalized honey on the shelf. It took ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 04-10-2023 09:42 AM
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I so enjoy these discussions. Lets not forget the simple beauty our sun provides. Happy Spring. Mark Chalom
Posted By Mark Chalom 04-10-2023 09:41 AM
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Posted By Mark Chalom 03-08-2023 10:21 AM
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I agree with Kieth and Debbie. We need more on building technology's.. Many of us at ASES are involved with architecture and it is also up to.us to share as we are the ones doing this work. Kat, there is so much out there. ------------------------------ Mark Chalom Builder/Architect/ Educator Solar ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 02-03-2023 10:37 AM
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Interestingly, this past few months, we have seen drone footage of the many mansions of Mara Lago, Bidens’ many homes, Pence’s Casa and what did we see? Classified documents laying around like Xmas wrapping the day after. What we did not see is any PV on these homes. What up with that? What an I missing? ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 12-19-2022 12:27 PM
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I think I sent them now, via E mail.. hope it works. Mark Hello all, good to have some feedback on Passive solar. The conversation went from nuclear fusion to simple passive doing the job. We have similar climate to Kieth in Pagosa. Anything lower then 70, my skinny wife demands a fire. During the ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 12-19-2022 11:19 AM
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Hello all, good to have some feedback on Passive solar. The conversation went from nuclear fusion to simple passive doing the job. We have similar climate to Kieth in Pagosa. Anything lower then 70, my skinny wife demands a fire. During the day, if sun is shining, house gets up to temp and very comfortable ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 07-21-2022 03:02 PM
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Beware! Reflectors work in mysterious ways. This did not take long. Mark Chalom ------------------------------ Mark Chalom Builder/Architect/ Educator Solar Design & Analysis Santa Fe NM chalomm@gmail.com ------------------------------
Posted By Mark Chalom 05-11-2022 11:01 AM
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Hello Patricia and Isaac, thank you for your interest in the plans for the solar dryer. Its a nice unit I designed long ago. It was the bases of a book on building this unit. Sadly there are no more books available but Ill check again. I am now finishing up a college class and need to complete my ASES ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 03-22-2022 12:07 PM
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Kieth, thanks, I'll respond as an architect with clients. My clients come to me for my knowledge of Climatic Design. We have the knowhow and materials to achieve 100% most anywhere. A PS house is a kinetic machine. An efficient engineering approach. We can do it for a cost. but Clients want much more. ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 03-21-2022 11:42 AM
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Kieth, nice to meet you. I enjoyed your post. I support and follow your direction. I do use less insulation leaving some for others and subsidise with wood from beetle kill or Electric from our PV. I do not try to cover the extremes. Passive solar works so well. Just balance energy in with energy out. ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 02-19-2022 12:51 PM
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John, great Greenhouse kit. sunrooms are the best interactive use of passive solar there is. As you said, versatile and usable space. Good Luck, Bill Yanda would be proud to see this evolution.. Mark Chalom, Architect, Passive Solar Pioneer 2010
Posted By Mark Chalom 07-15-2021 09:27 AM
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Luther, yes that is the old NMSEA villager. My wife and I would take it to native gatherings and cook healthy traditional foods. It was given to a stem school and is now laying on the ground trashed. Sadly NMSEA has not taken me up on the offer to fix it up. What is promoted now is just PV with electric ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 07-14-2021 03:22 PM
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Hi Luther, here is some good New Mexico cooking. No chocolate chip cookies for us. ------------------------------ Mark Chalom Builder/Architect Solar Design & Analysis chalomm@gmail.com ------------------------------
Posted By Mark Chalom 03-10-2021 01:42 PM
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Hello William. Thank you for your response. I sure enjoy. This new digital community it sure helps us get together during the pandemic. I have looked at paints. The sol kote as you recommended , It takes t wo different paints. One for the emissivity and one for the absorption. There is also. ...
Posted By Mark Chalom 03-10-2021 12:52 PM
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Hello all, Im looking for a new source of selective surface foil. I used to get from a company called MTI Solar. No longer around. Great stuff. Absorption .95 and emissivity of .08. Like a black hole. I use on earthen (adobe) Trombe walls. thanks Mark Chalom ------------------------------ Mark ...