SI House & Garden Franchise: Passive Solar Exterior
Solar Institute Franchise - House & Garden
Passive Solar Exterior Re-Design
Information for Product Suppliers
Suppliers
We at Solar Institute would like to join with you to promote Intelligent Passive Solar Upgrade of Exterior Homes and Garden for improved energy savings.
Passive Solar Refit to the exterior Habitat & Environ is a New Great Market for your products.
Solar Institute Intelligence and featured House & Garden Franchises enable the Householder to incorporate incremental or package upgrading of their Exterior House & Garden to create greater comfort, energy savings and capital appreciation of the home.
What we request from Suppliers is
1. Promotion of energy efficient products with Solar Institute website
2. Participation in Display Sites
3. Participation in Supplier Contracts for SI House & Garden Franchises
4. Joint marketing for your products by Franchises
SI House & Garden Franchise
Solar Institute House & Garden Franchises enable intelligent and customized conversion of the exterior home and garden, creating a more comfortable, sustainable habitat less dependent on heating & cooling, saving on energy costs.
Heating and cooling can account for up to 45% of the home’s power use. Reducing energy demand is the starting point for any home improvement endeavour. If the building is not designed to lessen its energy requirements, it will not be possible (or more difficult) to provide adequate renewable energy to allow the building to operate. Significant reduction in energy use can be achieved by implementing Passive Heating & Cooling strategies to existing buildings, with proper attention to the local climate, building orientation and design.
Potential Franchise Territories Available - See Maps Below
Australia: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.
India: All Territories
Europe: including Germany, UK, France
U.S.A.
Canada
Interested parties may contact Solar Institute to request further information, via the Contact Form below.
OR submit your firm’s specific interests & profile, by email to: info@solarinstitutelcaceo.com.
SI House & Garden Franchise - Exterior Re-Design Features
Adjustable Shading - Awnings
Window shading can be designed to let as much sun as possible into your home in winter (when the sun is low in the sky) but keep the sun out in summer (when it's higher in the sky). The exact design of the window shading will depend on the home’s orientation, the amount of glazing, and the amount of direct sunlight desired.
Shutters
Exterior shading is greatly preferred over interior shading as it is important to keep the solar radiation/heat from entering the building. Traditional interior shading (blinds / drapes) merely block the glare of the sun, but still allow the heat to enter the interior space.
Cool / White Roofing
A cool roof reflects and emits the sun’s energy as light back to the sky instead of allowing it to enter the building below as heat. In many climate zones, a cool roof can substantially reduce the cooling load of the building, providing several direct benefits:
Increased occupant comfort
Reduced air-conditioning use, resulting in energy savings typically of 10 – 30%, and
Decreased roof maintenance costs due to longer life
Reflective roofing also mitigates global warming, simply by reflecting the sun’s energy as light back to the atmosphere.
Garden
Shading needs to be provided in the way of landscaping and foliage. Deciduous trees are effective as they block the sun in the summer when it is not desired and allow sun penetration during the winter. Vines on more transparent “fence like” elements are effective as they too bear leaves to shade in the summer, and keep their leaves until later in autumn when sun is again desired. Vines are often used on trellises to achieve seasonal variation in the opaqueness of the overhangs. The exact location of trees and vines will depend on the home’s orientation and design.
Planting the right trees at strategic locations around the house can save up to 30% in energy use.
(U.S. Forest Service Centre for Urban Forest Research).