This is a rough sketch of what I'm planning for the garage. The bank of windows faces south. You can see on the floor the shadows that Sketchup rendered according to late morning sun in late December. In the middle of the hot summer there is only a small sliver of direct sun that reaches the floor/slab. The southeast corner has a staircase that goes up to the room in the attic. I initially had many more complex ideas, but have been forced to simplify to maintain a reasonable budget.
Following are two different screen captures from an earlier unfinished version of this file. In it I was trying out different window placement and the affect that had on the solar exposure of the slab. The first pic shows a render of a mid-summer day and the second shows the same design/structure in the dead of winter.
In the next post I think we'll talk a little about the temp sensors and the plan for that.
great idea with the windows... but with a car in there how is the absorption affected... also windows will need a clear shot to the floor, leaving no option for workbench in that prime location ... ?? nice drawing though, and cool use of the sketchup tools...
ReplyDeleteC'mon... I'm a Daniels; ya think I haven't thought of what goes where? ;)
ReplyDeleteThe workbench goes on the East wall. The solar exposure is only happening when my truck is gone to work. Only the south (roughly) half of the slab gets direct exposure.