Solargon Ski Huts

Solargon Ski Huts:
A Place To Relax After
A Day In the Snow
Perhaps you’re a ski bum who has a favorite mountain, and you’d love to park yourself in your very own ski hut at the bottom of it. Or perhaps you’re a land manager, tasked with providing warming huts for cross country skiers and snowshoers. Maybe [...]

Solargon’s for Youth Camps

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Solargons at Youth Camp:
Fun and Practical Group Housing
Your Boy Scout troop needs a den where everyone can get together, work on projects, share successes, and practice their skills before trying them on for size in the real world. Or perhaps your church group would like a big meeting area, open and airy, so [...]

Solargon’s and SIPS keep out the Heat in Hot Climates

ICS SIPs and Solargon uses the best insulation available: high R-value, injected, rigid, closed-cell polyurethane.  It serves to totally eliminate four of the six mechanisms of heat transfer (convection, air intrusion, air infiltration, and moisture accumulation), and significantly reduces the other two (conduction and radiation).  Each of these are detailed in our brief article “Mechanisms [...]

Compact Ecologically Sound Dwellings

Solargon Smart Cabins are compact ecologically sound dwellings that come in the octagonal Yurt format. You erect the things yourself, but apparently the special insulated panels can be bolted together in a matter of hours. There’s a 20 foot diameter model for $24,500, a bigger model with about 700 square feet of space and a [...]

Solargon Smart Cabins

The “Smart Cabin” is an energy saving octagonal structure designed to take full advantage of the sun. Even during a mostly cloudy day, the building will gain solar energy and heat itself. An operable skylight at the peak of the roof opens to allow for summertime cooling. In winter, temperature difference between [...]