Log Cabins For Sale: Elements Of Effective Insulation
Log cabins for sale are fast becoming a fad when it comes to green living. There are so many styles and designs exist that selecting a cabin that matches one’s preferences and requirements is almost straightforward. Just type in your needs in the website’s fields, and you will be presented with a huge variety of designs.
However, just like any other home, you need to make your cabin cozy. A way to do this is to make it energy efficient. Not only does optimal energy efficiency provide just the right temperature but it also lowers down your energy bills.
There are several primary elements of an energy-efficient log cabin design:
1. Collector
A collector allows sunlight to pass through a log home. Usually, this would be a sunroof. Alternatively, this could be a large fixed-glass window or glass sliding door that is oriented 30 degrees south.
2. Absorber
An absorber “stores” the heat from sunlight and warm air. Logs, tile floors, stone fireplaces, and cushions from furniture all help in achieving this purpose.
3. Thermal mass
Logs have inherent thermals mass. In other words, they radiate the heat that they have stored. The underlying concrete beneath tile floors also emits thermal mass.
4. Distribution
Air that is warmed up by solar heat must be distributed around the house to make heating more efficient. Usually, fans and blowers are used. However, there are also more passive ways that utilize natural convection currents around the house such as having a strategic thermal design.
5. Control
Passive and active control such as large roof overhangs, tinted windows, or shades shield direct sunlight during summer. However, they allow warm sunlight to go in during cold season when the sun is lower in the sky.
6. Seal
Sealed openings and gaps between the logs block cold air from entering the house and prevent warm air from escaping.
Check out a huge variety of corner log cabins for sale at UK Log Cabins right today.
However, just like any other home, you need to make your cabin cozy. A way to do this is to make it energy efficient. Not only does optimal energy efficiency provide just the right temperature but it also lowers down your energy bills.
There are several primary elements of an energy-efficient log cabin design:
1. Collector
A collector allows sunlight to pass through a log home. Usually, this would be a sunroof. Alternatively, this could be a large fixed-glass window or glass sliding door that is oriented 30 degrees south.
2. Absorber
An absorber “stores” the heat from sunlight and warm air. Logs, tile floors, stone fireplaces, and cushions from furniture all help in achieving this purpose.
3. Thermal mass
Logs have inherent thermals mass. In other words, they radiate the heat that they have stored. The underlying concrete beneath tile floors also emits thermal mass.
4. Distribution
Air that is warmed up by solar heat must be distributed around the house to make heating more efficient. Usually, fans and blowers are used. However, there are also more passive ways that utilize natural convection currents around the house such as having a strategic thermal design.
5. Control
Passive and active control such as large roof overhangs, tinted windows, or shades shield direct sunlight during summer. However, they allow warm sunlight to go in during cold season when the sun is lower in the sky.
6. Seal
Sealed openings and gaps between the logs block cold air from entering the house and prevent warm air from escaping.
Check out a huge variety of corner log cabins for sale at UK Log Cabins right today.
Filed under News by on Dec 3rd, 2011. 