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The first thing I'd like to talk about is the temperature. When the house was being built in the middle of a very hot dry summer, I would come home from work and unlock the door and the first thing I noticed was how cool it was inside. We used Comfortone glass and louvres were positioned to catch the prevailing north east breeze and provide excellent cross ventilation... We used larger than normal eaves and I have been keeping an eye on the amount of shadowing in summer and the great solar access in winter. In fact the whole house is filled with natural light so there is never any need for lights on during the day. All the rooms are well placed and the carport keeps the hot western sun off the house. It is now winter and due to the fan blades being rotated in reverse in the family room, there is no sense of a cooling breeze, instead the warm air drawn up to the ceiling from there it falls down the walls and keeps the house at a constant 20 degrees in winter. We only have a very small gas heater that helps keep the whole house warm in prolonged cold and overcast weather. In the atrium we have the ceiling fans on low and it also pushes all the warm air back down to the living areas downstairs. Scott Mollymook. |
