--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/6flzge > > > > from: > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia- > > ultimategreenbuil,0,701639.story > > "There's this great advantage then that you > aren't hooked up," Nicklas said. "You don't > have those connection fees, you aren't paying > anything to the utility company for waste > treatment facilities, you're doing it all." > > I wonder what they'll use for back-up power when there's insufficient > wind and solar. A diesel generator running on biodiesel made from > waste oil? Or, a long extension cord running over to a nearby > grid-connected building? > > "Buildings incorporating Maharishi Sthapayaved > require the building to face to the east, and > to only have east and north entrances, among > other guidelines. Combining these principles > with the need to harness the greatest amount > of sunlight for solar collection led to some > problem solving for Nicklas, the North Carolina > architect. > > "They're looking at a mostly eastern-oriented > building, and from an energy standpoint, a solar > energy standpoint, we want to basically have our > collection area facing south," Nicklas said. "So > there's an east and south orientation issue that > had to be worked out. They're very sensitive to > try and bring in that east light, and we're trying > to also bring in that south light."" > > I'm glad this very important issue has been brought to greater > attention. Long, east-facing buildings, like the Rukmapura Park Hotel, > may have ideal esoteric juju, but from an energy and comfort > standpoint, they're disasters. The long east and west walls bake in > the high summer sun and are basically shaded from the low winter sun. > The same structure, oriented to the south, with the right roof > overhang, would be shaded by the roof in summer and act as a huge > solar collector in winter.
My guess is that they'll compromise and > make this new building square. > ************* I don't believe that square would mean compromising MSV guidelines: http://squaredomes.tripod.com/
