A Winter Day In the Farm House

It's winter here in the Ozark Hills and the temperatures outside are testing the green, energy-efficient, passive-solar design of our non-typical farm house. Yesterday's high was 45 o and the temperature inside the house was a steady 70 o. This was without a fire or radiant floor heat (which hasn't even been turned on yet). The only thing maintaining the indoor temperature was the earth contact and the solar gain from the south-facing windows.

Last night we built a small fire in the wood stove and this morning when I got up it was 71 in the house and 15 outside. At 11am the mercury outside has risen to a whopping 17, the fire has gone out, and it is still 70 here in the house.

You just gotta love staying warm when it's freezing cold outside and not spending a dime on heating!

Peace and cozy winter days