We were recently involved
in the ABC production of "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" in Pinion
Arizona. Below are the areas we were
assisted:
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Crawlspace Insulation: Thermal Control
Membrane
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Solar Domestic Hot Water and Space Heating: Assisted in
the original designs
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Solar Electric: Photovoltaic panel and tracking
assembly
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The Yazzi
family home being destroyed by a loader
Part of our crew who helped with the photo voltaic
solar system, one of three.
Shown here is a Zomeworks tracker which uses the heat from
the sun to track it.
The hot air panel built by Garret Yazzi at age 13
to heat the original trailer with heat from the sun.
Construction went 24/7 until finished 140 hours later
around the perimiter and below the floor in the crawlspace.
A night shot
of Thermal Control Membrane installed on the project.
This wrap will
keep heat out during the summer and heat in during the winter.
One of three
Zomeworks trackers standing guard on the South side
One bank of
two panels used to heat water for domestic hot water and heat
The heat
exchanger being installed in the 2000 gallon water tank.
Solar manifold
piping for domestic hot water and space heating
One of two
solar hot air heaters
The intake and
supply for the hot
air heater look like this on the inside walls
Pure spectrum
light fills the kitchen and bath with sunlight provided by tubular
skylights
manufactured
by Natural Light Inc.
Click here to visit their web
site,
Tubular
skylights bring in pure spectrum light without the heat of a light bulb.
Finished
project 10/07
Warning to contractors considering involvement in the
Extreme Makeover Home Edition projects:
DO NOT become involved! ABC will promise you exposure
but you may not get it. This project had
the potential for showing the public how energy
conservation ideas, products and designs could be
implemented in new construction but fell far short of
this goal. A goal that we were told up front
was a high priority for the show since it had not been done previously.
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