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  • From: "wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk" <wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Site analysis tools
  • Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:34:46 +0100 (BST)

--- On Wed, 10/13/10, Richard Archer <permaculture@juggernaut.com.au> wrote:
> Here's a decent write up of a solar site survey:
>
> http://www.builditsolar.com/SiteSurvey/site_survey.htm
>
> It uses the solar chart generator at:
>
> http://solardat.uoregon.edu/SunChartProgram.html
>
Thanks, I have read the info and generated the chart, but I am still unsure
how to transform this info into two sun path plan diagrams, similar to those
shown, just above the solar altitude digram.
Any tips on how to convert?
>
> It's important to do the obstacle survey especially if
> your site is hilly or treed. It makes a big difference
> to the optimum orientation of sun-facing glass for
> passive solar homes and greenhouses.

Thanks, that is a useful addition to think about.

Chris







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