I am going to try and create a solar chimney on mine to help keep it cool. You put a black tube coming out the top. The sun heats the tube which heats the air and causes an updraft, which vents out the hot air and pulls in cool air...of course finding cool air to bring in on the playa maybe difficult, so there are a few more details to be worked out.
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]>wrote: > R values go both ways, it will keep you cooler longer but will also > stay hot longer. The key is in keeping it cool for as long as possible > and making it easy to let hot air out as fast as possible. A vent in > the top is helpful. We cut a 6" hole in the roof and are using one of > those mushroom shaped, wind powered roof vents. When the wind blows, > it turns and sucks air from below. It's relatively quiet and seems to > work well. This will be the first year it get's used on playa with > this configuration. i would highly recommend a swamp cooler and a good > vent fan for ultimate comfort. > > Spiral > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Elliot <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe it's the r value of the insulation that determines this, so if > you > > get something twice as thick with the same r rating they should keep your > > yurt equally cool :) > > > > On 30 July 2010 12:03, Shannon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Yeah but, doesn't the insulation thickness determine how cool it will > >> stay? > >> > >> On Jul 30, 2010, at 2:00 AM, Elliot wrote: > >> > >> > We actually built 3 hexayurts that used 1/2 inch material. The > >> > structural integrity mainly comes from the design itself. > >> > > >> > On 29 July 2010 18:38, Shannon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I just want to take a poll. > >> > Is everyone using 1 inch material? > >> > That is thick enough? > >> > > >> > I found some 2 inch in the bay area but 12 sheets of that would be a > >> > huge package. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "hexayurt" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "hexayurt" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "hexayurt" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "hexayurt" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
