Anastasio Design

using passive solar design along with integrated living® concepts to enhance your home or business

Incorporating passive solar design into your addition or remodel at little or no cost will lower your heating and cooling bill and save the environment.

Socrates had it right when he observed 2,400 years ago, "Now in houses with a south aspect, the sun's rays penetrate into the porticos in winter, but in the summer, the path of the sun is right over our heads and  above the roof, so that there is shade. If then this is the best arrangement, we should build the south side loftier to get the winter sun and the north side lower to keep out the winter winds. To put it shortly, the house in which the owner can find a pleasant retreat at all seasons and can store his belongings safely is presumably at once the pleasantest and the most beautiful."

Passive solar applications, when included in initial building design, add little or nothing to the cost of a building. Existing buildings can be adapted or "retrofitted" to passively collect and store solar heat.

The most common passive solar system is called direct gain.  Direct gain refers to the sunlight that enters a building through windows, warming the interior space.  During the sunlight hours, this heat can be stored in thermal mass incorporated into floors or interior walls made of adobe, brick, concrete, stone, or water.  The heat held by the thermal mass will continue to radiate into the space after the sun goes down. 

What are the benefits of passive solar?

  • Living with the natural rhythm of the changing seasons.
  • Comfort. Warmer in winter, cooler in summer, even during a power failure.
  • Turning your home into a sacred space.
  • Silence. No operating noise.  
  • Seeing out. Seeing in. An attractive living environment with large windows and views, sunny interiors and open floor plans.
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What other services do you offer?

  • Permitting -complying with government regulations.
  • Drafting -computer aided design for your projects.
  • Legacy home documentation
  • Bicycle infrastrature design
  • Sacred spaces for your home
  • Sacred spaces for yoga and dance studios
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