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WADESTOWN SOLAR HOME Functional diagrams Warm air trapped in the living areas is channelled to a basement area where it heats 12 tonnes of black-painted concrete blocks, which hold the equivalent of 100 nightstore heaters. It traps enough heat to last about a week of sunless days in winter. The process can be reversed in the summertime to keep the house cool. "Lots of people have very efficient solar-heating systems but they are add-ons. My thesis is that the technology is so important that it should be added into the architecture." Richard Wright, interview (The Dominion Post, 16/9/2002) See list of Recent visitors...

Section of sub-floor rockbin acting as heat storage