Build a Green Conservatory
The decision to live "green" takes a focused effort. If you're reading this, maybe you've already decided to try to lead a healthier and more sustainable life, lessening your impact on the planet and being more energy-efficient.
You might think that a conservatory would be an energy drain. Quite the opposite is true. With the right materials and smart building, your conservatory can be an energy center for the home. Conservatory Craftsmen has the knowledge and experience to help you to achieve your goals in energy efficiency.
The Right Materials
First is material selection. No PVCu (vinyl) is incorporated into our product. Read why no PVCu here.
We use either Aluminum or Wood in the fabrication of our conservatory. Aluminum is 90% recycled material. Our wood comes from certified, managed, sustainable and renewable forests.
Use your Conservatory to grow your own food. Manage your indoor garden with automated growing supplies, such as automatic watering, continuous temperature and humidity control, and hydroponic supplies for intense plant production.
Conservatory Craftsmen can help you all the way!
Glass selection
The glass selection is designed to achieve any goal you have in mind. Light transmission can be over 80% or less than 30%. From one extreme to another, we can help select the most efficient glass for your project. The Heat Gain coefficient can be over 50% or under 20%. This decision is a matter of design and the end goal for the project you are building. If you'd like to find out more about energy efficient glass, here is the link to our glass supplier.
Also available: super efficient six-wall polycarbonate for roof sheathing options.
Solar design
We can help you to design:- Trombe walls to collect solar energy and disperse it at night. Along with this, thermal mass collection like water columns or masonry mass are used for heat collection.
- A Solar Chimney to cool your conservatory in hot months
- Geothermal heating or cooling using the earth’s stored mass.
- Consider using hydronic, in-floor heating methods
- PV (photovoltaics) are now available with the solar photo cells incorporated right into the glass panels
Let Conservatory Craftsmen help you take it to the next GREEN level
Do all these terms make your head spin? Conservatory Craftsmen can help you plan and build the GREEN Conservatory of your dreams. Contact us today for more information or use our form to Request a Quote.