Welcome to Lightning Canyon
This website explores passive solar heating and cooling, with a focus on the climate conditions of the American West and South West.
It gives an outline of some of the major strategies available to create buildings that keep themselves warm in winter, cool in summer. Buildings with little to no dependence on fossil fuels to maintain a comfortable living environment.
Some highlights of what you will find here:
- An overview of passive solar approaches for creating buildings with less reliance on fossil fuels for heating and cooling.
- A discussion of traditional wind-driven devices for cooling buildings from the desert regions of Africa and the Middle East.