Comments on: Home with Insulated Panels and Geothermal Will Use Half the Electricity, No Gas http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/08/home-with-insulated-panels-and-geothermal-will-use-half-the-electricity-no-gas/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Rich Sims http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/08/home-with-insulated-panels-and-geothermal-will-use-half-the-electricity-no-gas/#comment-153243 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:34:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=25496#comment-153243 But vary limited thermal mass.

See http://www.ornl.gov/sci/roofs+walls/research/detailed_papers/thermal/index.html
Comparative analysis of sixteen different material configurations showed that the most effective wall assembly was the wall with thermal mass (concrete) applied in good contact with the interior of the building. Walls where the insulation material was concentrated on the interior side, performed much worse. Wall configurations with the concrete wall core and insulation placed on both sides of the wall performed slightly better, however, their performance was significantly worse than walls containing foam core and concrete shells on both sides.

]]> By: chi http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/08/home-with-insulated-panels-and-geothermal-will-use-half-the-electricity-no-gas/#comment-153217 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=25496#comment-153217 This looks really similar to the Tridipanels in S. CA.
http://www.tridipanel.com/

]]> By: Scip Panel Buildings http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/08/home-with-insulated-panels-and-geothermal-will-use-half-the-electricity-no-gas/#comment-143047 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=25496#comment-143047 Some big differences between ICF and SCIP is it you do not protect the exterior like SCIP System’s you will not have the fire rating. Without thermal mass material on the interior side you do not take advantage of the flywheel effect of thermal mass.

Check out Oak Ridge nationals Labs study of 16 different wall configurations including ICF, SIP and SCIP.

Thermal Mass – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/roofs+walls/research/…/thermal/index.html
Go to CONCLUSIONS
Taken from report
(Comparative analysis of sixteen different material configurations showed that the most effective wall assembly was the wall with thermal mass (concrete) applied in good contact with the interior of the building. Walls where the insulation material was concentrated on the interior side, performed much worse. Wall configurations with the concrete wall core and insulation placed on both sides of the wall performed slightly better, however, their performance was significantly worse than walls containing foam core and concrete shells on both sides.)

]]> By: Barrett Enterprises http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/08/home-with-insulated-panels-and-geothermal-will-use-half-the-electricity-no-gas/#comment-143044 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=25496#comment-143044 Building with ICF, using ICF coatings they can be zero maintance, eco-friendly and disaster resistant.

]]> By: Richard http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/08/home-with-insulated-panels-and-geothermal-will-use-half-the-electricity-no-gas/#comment-111342 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:56:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=25496#comment-111342 We did not attempt to build truly passive home on a 25′ wide lot with zero setback on sides.
I did turn the heat off for the past three weeks this winter and the heat never dropped below 60 degrees. Inside the house the interior walls where the sun hits were as warm as 82 in the late afternoon warming the house through out.
The thermal mass combined with a thermal break is what makes the difference. Before the windows were installed and after the interior shotcrete was shot the heating fuel need dropped by 70%.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/08/home-with-insulated-panels-and-geothermal-will-use-half-the-electricity-no-gas/#comment-96110 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:46:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=25496#comment-96110 Yes, yes, yes, but does it meet passivhaus?

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