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Originally Posted by lurkette
What about painting the flat part with reflective paint? Is that dumb?
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No, that's a good question. I'm not sure about how the application of different paint finishes may effect thermodynamics, but it's entirely possible that flat paint may absorb heat while semi-gloss could reflect it.
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Originally Posted by lurkette
Hm...The clerestory thing above the stairwell and landing has 2 windows up WAY high - one on the north and one on the south side. If we figured out some way to open and shut them, and blow the hot air out them with fans, that might help a lot, as that space turns into a huge column of hot air. I wonder if we brought in some dry ice if we could create an indoor thunderstorm?
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That'd be boss. What I would do is get a ladder and install some way to open them from the ground. Many higher windows have sticks or ropes attached to the in order to open them from the ground. I don't know what kind of windows you have, so I don't know for sure if that will work.
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Originally Posted by lurkette
So...the general consensus seems to be that it would be better, ecologically speaking, to stay in our current house and make it more efficient, rather than abandoning it and its inefficiencies to someone else in favor of a new "green" house?
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Well it'd be a lot cheaper.