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Log cabins for sale are rapidly becoming a fad when it comes to green living. There are so many styles and designs exist that selecting a cabin that matches one’s preferences and requirements is almost straightforward. Just type in your requirements in the website’s fields, and you will be presented with a dizzying array of designs.

But just like any other home, you need to make your cabin cozy. A way to do this is to make it energy efficient. Not only does optimal energy efficiency provide just the right temperature but it also decreases your energy bills.

There are several important elements of an energy-efficient log cabin design:

1. Collector
A collector enables sunlight to pass through a log home. Typically, this would be a sunroof. Alternatively, this could be a large fixed-glass window or glass sliding door that is oriented 30 degrees south.

2. Absorber
An absorber “stores” the heat from sunlight and warm air. Logs, tile floors, stone fireplaces, and cushions from furniture serve this purpose.

3. Thermal mass
Logs have inherent thermals mass. In other words, they emit the heat that they have stored. The underlying concrete beneath tile floors also emits thermal mass.

4. Distribution
Air that is warmed up by solar heat must be dispersed around the house to make heating more efficient. In most cases, fans and blowers are utilized. But there are also more passive ways that utilize natural convection currents around the house such as having a strategic thermal design.

5. Control
Passive and active control such as large roof overhangs, tinted windows, or shades protect the interior against direct sunlight during summer. But they allow warm sunlight to go in during winter months when the sun is lower in the sky.

6. Seal
Sealed openings and gaps that exist between the logs prevent cold air from entering the house and prevent warm air from escaping.

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