Solar Thermal Building Product Demonstrates Energy Savings Of 48 Per Cent

 2005/06/03: SciDaily: Solar Thermal Building Product Demonstrates Energy Savings
Of 48 Per Cent
    
EDMONTON - Researchers at the Alberta Research
Council Inc. (ARC) have completed a pilot study identifying a more
efficient technology to insulate homes, reducing space heating costs
for homeowners. Researchers proved by combining direct solar
collection and heat storage technology with existing structural
insulated panel system (SIPS), energy consumption for space heating
could be reduced by 48 per cent.
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<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/06/050603062117.htm>  

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H. E. Taylor wrote:

Savings Of 48 Per Cent

After checking the source material given with your post, the results do
seem impressive for very cold climates, and SIPS seems to account for
about 1/3 the total effect.

What is not given is the upcharge for construction using SIMS vs
standard construction and fibreglass insulation, and the upcharge for
the direct solar addition or details of the construction of the solar
addition.

The SIMS technology looks to be universally applicable in very hot or
very cold climates, so getting the cost upcharge for that technology
(particle board 4' by 8' glued and pressed onto both sides of a foam
insultation core) seems especially valuable.

I have contacted the ARC for more information, but have not yet
received any at this early date.

With my best wishes

Roy Boy