Mark D Isaacs

US Patent:

20110100590, May 5, 2011

Filed:

Oct 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/608473

Inventors:

Mark Isaacs - Louisville KY, US

Assignee:

GS Research LLC - Louisvile KY

International Classification:

F24D 3/14
E04C 2/52
F24J 2/04

US Classification:

165 56, 5216911, 522201, 126634

Abstract:

A geosolar temperature control building construction system wherein a concrete wall defines a temperature delivery system, comprising the concrete wall having insulation on at least an outer surface, the concrete wall structure positioned at a first elevation in the earth, the first elevation being below a frost line for a region where the building construction is located, a passive thermal transfer system comprising an inwardly facing surface of the concrete wall having insulation removed at the first elevation to expose the concrete wall to thermal conditions at the first elevation and thermally couple the building to the earth, the concrete wall defining an exterior wall of the building construction generally near a floor slab, the floor slab positioned at a second elevation of the concrete wall above the first elevation, an active thermal transfer system comprising a closed loop piping system having a plurality of a horizontally extending pipes disposed beneath the floor slab, the plurality of horizontally extending pipes further extending upwardly through the insulated concrete wall, a first thermal transfer liquid passing through the closed loop piping system, the first thermal transfer fluid receiving thermal energy in the horizontally extending pipes beneath the slab from at least one temperature controlled zone and actively transferring the thermal energy to the exterior walls, at least one window in the exterior wall, the exterior wall having a plurality of exposed surfaces on an inside of the exterior wall, the closed loop piping of the active thermal transfer system disposed adjacent the exposed surfaces to transfer thermal energy into or out of the building and control interior building temperature, and, a geosolar thermal transfer system comprising a solar collector and at least one vertically extending solar recharge loop, the geosolar thermal transfer system receiving solar energy for storage in the earth beneath the building construction or discharging thermal energy from the ground to atmosphere to create the at least one temperature controlled zone beneath the building construction. Other embodiments are described.