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SolarPrivate upper chamber in a medieval house, accessible from the high or dais end of the great hall.
Solar Heating - Utilization of the sun's rays for heat.
Sole Plates - A shoe or base member, as of a partition or other frame.
Span - The distance between structural supports such as walls, columns, piers, beams, girders, and trusses.
Solar gain: The readings of how much heat is collected inside a home through the glass of windows and doors.
Stile: The vertical side member of a window sash or door panel.
solar orientation
The relationship of room to the sun's light.
solarium ...
Solar gain
The process of providing a net heat gain within a structure, over and above the normal heat loss, by passive collection of the sun's heat through windows and other glazed areas.
Solar - Upper living room , often over the great hall; the lord's private living room.
Spandrel - Area between top of a column or pier and the apex of the arch springing from it.
Splay - Chamfer, or sloping face.
Solar Heat Gain Coefficient Indicates the percentage of normal incident solar heat energy that makes its way through the glazing under standard summer conditions.
solarium A glass-enclosed porch or room, often used to display flowers and other plants; also called a sunroom or garden room.
Solar
- a secluded sitting room usually on an upper floor in a medieval, Tudor or Elizabethan house.
solar trap, suntrap - a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds
patio
noun terrace, porch, veranda, loggia, sun deck (U.S. & Canad.) The door opened on to a mosaic-tiled patio.
SOLAR: Upper living room of medieval house or cattle, often over the hall.
WALL WALK: A passage along the castle wall.
YETT: Iron gate.
Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC)
A measure of how effective a window or door is at keeping out solar heat.
Solar: originally a room above ground level, but commonly applied to the great chamber or a private sitting room off the great hall
Springald: war engine of the catapult type, employing tension ...
Active Solar Heating - Heating systems that use solar collectors and mechanical devices such as pumps or fans.
Great Chamber: Lord's solar, or bed-sitting room. Great Hall: The building in the inner ward that housed the main meeting and dining area for the castle's residence; throne room. Greek cross: A cross with four arms of equal length.
By 1950, architects were looking into solar heating and power- saving alternatives. As a result, many Mid-century Modern style homes have floor to ceiling windows on the south side of the house.
Shading coefficient: Decimal value which is the solar gain of a window, divided by the solar gain for a clear single-glass window of the same size. The shading coefficient of clear, double-glazing is about 0.85 to 0.9.
This Third Ward Bungalow, on the other hand, used the original roof line to add a passive solar room partially below the ground (facing south), thus maintaining its original style.
Offices also used Shed designs, as this one in Oakwood's.
Beneath cavetto cornice and solar disc, Philae Temple of Isis, Egypt
Abu Simbel, Egypt,
Kom Ombo Temple ...
Large number of rooms, each designed with a specific purpose, including a salons, music rooms, billiards rooms, morning rooms, libraries, breakfast rooms, solariums, and separate servants' quarters
Free-standing statuary ...
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