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Phase Change Floor Tiles for Passive Solar
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Passive solar floor heating using phase change floor tiles:
This article discusses the use of phase-change floor tiles for passive solar floor design
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Passive Solar Floor Tile Choices - Phase-Change Tiles
Accompanying text are reprinted/adapted/excerpted with permission from Solar Age Magazine - editor Steven Bliss. Our page top photograph shows a horrible radiant floor slab insulation scheme installed by a Minnesota contractor - this radiant floor system never worked because the tubing was placed too deep in the concrete slab and the insulation system was incomplete.
Floor Coverings for Passive Solar Thermal Mass Floors
The question-and-answer article below paraphrases, quotes-from, updates, and comments an original article from Solar Age Magazine and written by Steven Bliss.
Question:
A few years ago I read about floor tiles with phase-change salts inside their hollow cores for use over thermal-mass slabs in passive solar heating designed homes.
An upcoming project I'm involved in could benefit from such a project. Could you please supply me with information on suppliers or manufacturers of phase-change floor tiles for use over insulated slabs? -- Gary Higgins, North Windham ME
Answer:
We mentioned Sol-Ar-Tile™ in Solar Age articles in February 1982 (p.40), and May 1983 (p. 69).
The manufacturer, Ar-Lite Panelcraft Inc., (formerly Architectural Research Corp.), uses Colloidal Material's pouches in polymer resin concrete tiles for floors and ceilings.
Penwalt Corp. produces and packages phase-change materials that can be embedded in floors, ceilings, and walls.
Other articles you'll want to see on passive solar floors, ceilings, and walls, include
- FLOOR, CONCRETE SLAB CHOICES
- SLAB INSULATION, RADIANT / PASSIVE SOLAR
- THERMAL MASS in BUILDINGS
- SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
The question-and-answer article about use of phase-change materials in passive solar house design, quotes-from, updates, and comments an original article from Solar Age Magazine and written by Steven Bliss.
The link to the original Q&A article in PDF form immediately below is followed by an expanded/updated online version of this article.
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- Solar Age Magazine was the official publication of the American Solar Energy Society. The contemporary solar energy magazine associated with the Society is Solar Today. "Established in 1954, the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is the nation's leading association of solar professionals & advocates. Our mission is to inspire an era of energy innovation and speed the transition to a sustainable energy economy. We advance education, research and policy. Leading for more than 50 years. ASES leads national efforts to increase the use of solar energy, energy efficiency and other sustainable technologies in the U.S. We publish the award-winning SOLAR TODAY magazine, organize and present the ASES National Solar Conference and lead the ASES National Solar Tour – the largest grassroots solar event in the world."
- Steve Bliss's Building Advisor at buildingadvisor.com helps homeowners & contractors plan & complete successful building & remodeling projects: buying land, site work, building design, cost estimating, materials & components, & project management through complete construction. Email: info@buildingadvisor.com
Steven Bliss served as editorial director and co-publisher of The Journal of Light Construction for 16 years and previously as building technology editor for Progressive Builder and Solar Age magazines. He worked in the building trades as a carpenter and design/build contractor for more than ten years and holds a masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Excerpts from his recent book, Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, Wiley (November 18, 2005) ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, appear throughout this website, with permission and courtesy of Wiley & Sons. Best Practices Guide is available from the publisher, J. Wiley & Sons, and also at Amazon.com - Ar-Lite Panelcraft, Inc., 13030 Wayne Rd., Livonia MI 48150
- Colloidal Materials, Inc., PO Box 696, Andover MA 01810
- Pennwalt Corp., King of Prussia, PA 19406
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