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7610910 Method and apparatus for controlling building component characteristics  
A building component system includes a building component that is controllable between a first state and a second state in response to a sensed condition. The system may include a sensor on a first...
7549418 Method and device for capture, storage and recirculation of heat energy  
A heat generation and storage device supplements building heating and hot water systems. A roof cap including an air passage is connected to air outlets disposed within the roof structure of a...
7487771 Solar panel frame assembly and method for forming an array of connected and framed solar panels  
A solar panel frame assembly including a plurality of corner pieces and side extension pieces is disclosed. Each corner piece and side extension has an inner and outer side which terminate at their...
7028685 Air conditioning system for buildings and air-conditioned building, especially a zero energy house  
A method of air-conditioning a building with low heat loss, having the following steps: providing a fresh-air/outgoing-air system for feeding fresh air through a heat accumulator being located...
6912816 Structurally integrated solar collector  
A structurally integrated solar collector. Roof and wall covering components are integrated with solar collectors to permit solar energy to be converted to heat, electricity and hot water for use...
6679247 Solar water heating  
Solar water heaters may include a solar collector in a decorative structure, and solar collectors comprising a coil of tubing are adapted to be disposed in a decorative structure such as a wishing...
6668819 Method and apparatus for temperature control of an enclosure  
A structure or enclosure with a solar energy absorbing system, arranged so that at least one wall faces the sun and at least one wall is shaded. The structure has a thermal switch between the solar...
6532952 Heating and cooling solar system control module  
A control for a solar-heating and ventillation-cooling air type solar system has temperature sensors, dual air distribution valves, valve actuators and a fan-integrated into a single module that is...
6494200 Device for transferring heat between a panel heated by solar radiation and a wall  
A device for transferring heat between a panel heated by solar radiation and a wall surface, including an insulating plate mounted parallel between the panel and the wall surface, to define a...
6220339 Energy system for buildings  
An energy system for buildings uses solar absorbers, heat exchangers and heat accumulators, and has the following features to improve the thermal balance of the building: the solar absorber has...
6216688 Method for transparent heat insulation in building  
The facade unit (1) has three plate sections (2, 3, 4). The intermediate space (5) facing the building interior is filled with gas, the exterior intermediate space (6) being filled with a...
6026806 Air-conditioned construction of floor and ceiling  
To provide an inexpensive air-conditioned construction of floor and ceiling, by using as a heat accumulating agent water which is friendly to the human body and nature, and using a heat source...
5944011 Refractive energy window system for heating air  
A refractive energy window system which uses light energy to heat the air. The system has a solar panel which focuses the light energy on the air when the air passes through the solar panel. A...
5935343 Combined solar collector and photovoltaic cells  
There is provided the combination of a corrugated solar collector panel and a building surface to which it is attached, in spaced relationship. At least some of the panel corrugations are flat and...
5826650 Devices and methods for utilization of intermittently available electric energy for heating and cooling of habitable structures  
Low-cost off-peak electric energy or electric energy from natural energy sources is used for heating of cooling of system air, which is moved in a closed circuit to heat or cool the energy storage...
5692491 Unglazed transpired solar collector having a low thermal-conductance absorber  
An unglazed transpired solar collector using solar radiation to heat incoming air for distribution, comprising an unglazed absorber formed of low thermal-conductance material having a front surface...
5657745 Solar heat collecting panel  
A solar heat collecting panel having three stacked compartments enclosed within a frame. A pair of similar spaced apart parallel clear plastic sheets form the top and bottom of the uppermost...
5511537 Smart, passive sun facing surfaces  
An article adapted for selectively utilizing solar radiation comprises an absorptive surface and a reflective surface, the absorptive surface and the reflective surface oriented to absorb solar...
5339798 Modular home system  
A modular panel system for constructing buildings. Panels are made from column structures which form fit so that they slide together to create the panel. Panels are specially constructed so that...
5233971 Solar heated driveway apparatus  
A vehicular driveway pad is arranged to include a solar collector panel positioned adjacent thereto in a spaced relationship, having a first fluid conduit directed from the solar collector panel...
5151519 Process for the preparation of 1,5-(alkylimino)-1,5-dideoxy-D-glucitol and derivatives thereof  
A process for the preparation of 1,5-(alkylimino)-1,5-dideoxy-D-glucitol and derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 13 carbon atoms, and aralkyl wherein alkyl is...
5128181 Construction element  
The element according to the invention consists in a preferred embodiment of two panes (10, 12) assembled in the manner of a composite or laminate pane, a thermally insulating layer, for example an...
5081982 Solar window air heater  
A solar collector comprising a collector frame surrounding a transparent collector pane, the frame being mounted to the frame of an existing window inside a building, a plurality of narrow heat...
5060718 Precast wall with thermic regulation elements  
A prefabricated wall is constructed of pre-cast concrete in such a way as to have embedded therein (1) a plurality of heat-accumulator elements and (2) channels adapted to receive, after...
5048507 Endothermic building  
With reference to FIG. 3, the sloping roof (250) of a building (10) incorporates inner and outer juxtaposed metal panels, (15, 16) spaced from each other to define passageways (20) which serve as...
5039352 External wall element for buildings  
The external wall element has an outer pane with lens-like holographic elements. On the inner pane, radiation receiving elements for generating energy are arranged in the focal plane of the...
4971028 Solar heat collector and insulation panel construction  
Several alternative forms of construction are disclosed, for enhancing build-up of solar-generated heat into a building or part thereof, while the sun is shining or the outside temperature is...
4966129 Window insulating device  
A window insulating device is set forth wherein a first member telescopingly receives a second member in an interior surface of complementary configuration to the exterior surface of the second...
4946512 Solar energy collector device  
A solar energy collector device is disclosed for selectively collecting an electrical energy and a thermal energy at the same time from a solar energy. The device comprises an inorganic-and-metal...
4899728 Method and apparatus for preheating ventilation air for a building  
Ventilation air for a building is preheated by providing on a south-facing wall a solar-energy absorbent collector panel with a plurality of air-inlet openings which communicate with air collection...
4890806 Stand for a solar ray collecting device  
A stand used for stably placing a solar ray collecting device on a veranda or the like comprises an upper base for directly and securely holding the solar ray collecting device, a hanger fixed to...
4887521 Method for arranging of ventilation of building and structure for applying of the method  
Method and apparatus for ventilating a building, in the rooms of which building there is induced a pressure that is different from the outside pressure. Air on one side of the wall of the building...
4867377 Method of controlling the conditions in a dwelling-house  
A method and arrangement for controlling conditions of a dwelling-house is provided. The arrangement concerns the utilization of an insulated bottom slab having heat-circulating means therein. The...
4750473 Light controlling heat collecting solar roof  
A light controlling heat collecting solar roof, the roof being formed of sheeting material of generally corrugated form, each corrugation having a generally planar upper surface with a generally...
4739748 Solar collector storage system and method  
A plurality of collector panels are mounted so as to be rotatable in unison about their longitudinal axes. One side or face of each panel is provided with a radiation absorbing surface and the...
4739627 Device for air conditioning in a winter garden  
A device is disclosed for air conditioning in a winter garden, more particularly for dehumidifying a winter garden in order to avoid formation of perspiration and condensation water, the device...
4715358 Automatic control of incident solar flux  
Apparatus for automatic control of incident solar radiation consisting of transparent wall elements (2,3) and of opaque elements (7,8). The control is effected by reflection depending on the angle...
4706649 Selectively switched shading for daylighting and the like  
A unitary structure is provided comprises a frame, including perimeter portions, transparent panels, a pair of spaced rollers rotatable about parallel axes, and a sheet rolled up on the rollers....
4702227 Solar energy collector and system  
A solar collector whose absorber plate is made of a conventional building material, e.g., tile, stucco, concrete or the like, and forms the outer surface, e.g., wall or roof, of the building. The...
RE32523 Solar heating  
A solar heater has an outlet conduit above an inlet conduit intercoupling a solar heating chamber with the inside of a building through a window opening. In one form the solar collecting chamber is...
4679406 Heat-insulating window  
An auxiliary frame (10) mounted in the wall hole (33) of a building comprises at its outside an external facing frame (14) and at its inside an inner facing frame (15) which include respective...
4658806 Solar radiation assembly  
A solar radiation assembly forming a portion of an envelope of a building wherein sunlight entering the building is selectively regulated by exterior and interior variable radiation transmission...
4655195 Solar heat regulator  
A solar heat regulating device selectively heats, with sunlight, the air in a building having a window therein and alternately shields and insulates the air in the building from the heat of...
4622950 Solamar II  
A shelter for the growth of plants and the like is provided which shelter is comprised of panels. The panels are formed of films which are adapted to control the transmission of energy into the...
4621615 Energy control device  
A heat transfer sensing apparatus for opening window drapes and blinds determines whether the net heat flux is positive or negative. The apparatus includes first and second temperature sensing...
4592337 Thermo bag  
A thermo bag for heating air within a room in a building through a window with solar radiation is provided and consists of a transparent housing that has an open back for attachment within the...
4580571 Semi-transparent solar energy thermal storage device  
A visually transmitting solar energy absorbing thermal storage module includes a thermal storage liquid containment chamber defined by an interior solar absorber panel, an exterior transparent...
4577619 Energy efficient window and skylight assemblies  
Energy efficient window and skylight assemblies having self-contained ventilating systems. Two sheets of a transparent or translucent material are spaced apart in parallel relationship so as to...
4565186 Passive-type solar device  
A passive-type solar device comprising a transparent plate disposed for exposure to sunlight, a reflecting film curtain provided in alignment with said transparent plate and adapted for covering...
4564002 Solar energy collecting system  
A solar energy collecting system for a building structure having a south facing wall and a roof structure including upper and lower solar panels of rectangular configuration having top, bottom and...
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