PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING

SYSTEMS
The house itself acts as the solar collector

and storage facility.

No pumps or fans are used.
This system makes use of the materials of
the house to store and absorb heat.
Three Types:
Direct-Gain
Indirect-Gain
Attached Greenhouse

DIRECT-GAIN
Large south facing

windows that let in

the sunlight.
Thermal mass is used
to absorb the
radiation.
At night the absorbed
heat is radiated back
into the living space.

INDIRECT-GAIN
Collects and stores the

solar energy in one part

of the house and use
natural heat transfer to
distribute heat to the
rest of the house.
Popular method is to
use a Trombe Wall
which is a massive
black masonry that acts
as a solar collector and
a heat storage medium.

ATTACHED GREENHOUSE
Uses a combination of

Direct and Indirect-Gain

systems that use water
drums and a masonry floor
as heat storage in the
attached greenhouse.
Thermosiphoning can use
direct-gain from the flow of
air created by the
difference in pressure
between the less dense
warmer air of the room and
the cooler air near the
ground.