This is often the case
for south facing windows (northern hemisphere), but for windows facing other directions is almost never the case.
Open curtains
on south facing windows during the day to allow sunlight to naturally heat the home, and close them at night to reduce the chill from cold windows.
Design strategies include a highly insulated envelope, triple glazing, wall - mounted radiant heaters served from solar thermal roof panels, and inset
south facing windows with shading devices.
The
tall south facing windows are floor - to - ceiling, and thus provide guests of Zora with permanent panoramas, both night and day, over the twinkling village and its majestic mountains.
... high thermal mass floors are not particularly comfortable, that
south facing windows as an energy source are counterproductive and «should be limited to that necessary to meet the functional and aesthetic needs of the building.»
The UK's Passivhaus Trust calculates the cost of solar heat gain
for south facing windows at around 50p / kWh, based on the window lasting 20 years.
«On the pure energy side of things, you get a better thermal gain from double - glazing
on south facing windows, so there was an energy balance to be made there.»
Remember that for good solar passive heating performance, you need to have
south facing windows with high Solar Heat Gain Coefficients (SHGC), and you will want to provide a means to prevent unwanted summer heat gain from these windows.
It also stated that I should bring them inside and place them near
a south facing window.
Locate the trays (or pots) in a sunny location such as indoors near
a south facing window, cold frame, or greenhouse.
Place your plants in
a south facing window or a warm greenhouse if you can.
It has
a south facing window which centers the room — one large window nine feet high by three feet.
A south facing window makes it a very sunny space.
South facing windows can actually provide a net heat gain in the winter.
Sure enough, it is ideal to have
south facing windows to harvest the free energy provided by that great big furnace in the sky.
The house has a lot of features that take advantage of passive solar design and look spectacular at the same time, like this variation on a trombe wall that absorbs heat through
the south facing windows.
The custom kitchen has
south facing windows and a backdoor that leads to the house - wide new deck complete with custom rebar spindles.
If that is
a south facing window and that wall gets direct sun during the winter, I would leave it... That is a lot of thermal mass to cover with a material and color that won't absorb and release heat.
There is only one
south facing window and the room opens up to the dining room (HC 80 Bleeker Beige) and the family room (1634 Santorini Blue).
I am blessed to have east and
south facing windows, which help.