Ah, that's cool. Because that was about the only thing I didn't like about them. It seems the Paul designers agreed with me in the end.


It's indeed a shame, but I wouldn't be too worried just yet. Your triple glass will block a lot of the heat. Out glass is only double layered, but it is 4-season glass. This is glass with a special filter in, which, in summer, when the sun is high on the azimuth, blocks up to 75% of the heat and in winter, when the sun is much lower, lets the heat pass through. This works very good.
And even though you don't have such glass, the simple fact that it is triple layered will help a lot. Triple layer glass usually has a U value of 0.6 W/m²K versus 1.1 W/m²K for normal dual layered glass. So it insulates almost twice as good.


Not really, I'm just a consumer with a large personal interest. When I began this project I knew nothing about the building trade. Absolutely zero. But I self studied a lot because I knew the direction I wanted to head into: the direction of self-supportedness (well, as much as possible anyway) which as little energy consumption as possible. (that my budget for the available techniques allowed - that's why I didn't went entirely passive) Because I strongly believe that energy prices will only go up in the future.

And besides, it was fun to do! (as said, I'd like to do it again somewhere in the future!)