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Passive Solar, Biomass, Kintore System Sun: House takes advantage of passive solar by locating large windows on south wall. Efficiency: Insulated block, spray foam insulation and batts: R40 in walls, R50 in ceiling Cost: $1785 (piping and equipment) O&M $0 Date of Installation: December 2007 Type/kind: Residential (family of 4) Installer: Tom Allan Supplier: Pioneer Maid stove ; Mark Stoll, an Amish Machinist and farmer in Maine designed and produces these stoves. Fireplaces & Wood Stoves: http://www.woodstoves.net/pioneer2.htm, with supplies from Weabe's Home Hardware in Centreville Experience: Good overall, with products working well Results: Very comfortable and efficient, distributes heat well Description of Case Study: This stove, equipped with the capability for hot water heating, provides all of the family’s cooking and space heating needs (including in-floor heating), and most of the water heating. In-floor Heating: A floor of poured concrete form a thermal mass in which was placed tubing to circulate glycol which spreads heat through the thermal mass, providing improved performance. Each room has own thermometer and control over heating of own section. Water Heating: Copper piping feeds into the back of the stove and works through thermo siphoning to put the heated water into a tank placed on the floor above. Where some electric heating is needed for the water during the summer, from September to May the stove does all of the water heating.
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