[permaculture-oceania] Sunlight into buildings

[Mike Edmonds]

I have heard that these things are maintenance nightmares. Anyone with 
personal experience?

Mike


P Ferguson wrote:
> From the discussion on light pipes:
> MARYKE STEFFENS, REPORTER : Light pipes like this one have actually 
> been around for years, and they're a pretty simple concept. Light 
> comes in through the roof and out the bottom into your room.
>  
> I have had those small round light domes in two houses and have found 
> that while it gives light it also transmits heat as well - far too 
> much in summer.
> Heat in winter might be an advantage but not in summer.
>  
> Can anyone recall what those heat collectors were called in the early 
> days of solar energy?  Set at an agle below a window, they collected 
> heat and it flowed into the room behind, and the vent could be closed 
> in summer.
>  
> P Ferguson
> Illawarra NSW
>  
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