
Toilet that is oddly positioned immediately beside a floor-to-ceiling window in a condominium unit

Occupants using operable windows for natural refrigeration

Occupancy sensor needing to be triggered by alternative means (photo: Adam Wills)

Homemade solar shading on this west-facing window (Architecture Building, Carleton University)

Homemade solar shading on this west-facing window (Architecture Building, Carleton University)

The thermally massive masonry floor was covered in a thick shag carpet, presumably to prevent cold feet; but meanwhile reducing passive solar performance (EcoTerra House, Eastman, Quebec)

A divider that was mounted to prevent a brief event of beam solar radiation that penetrates the LightLouver system (NREL RSF building) (photo credit: YuXiang Chen)

An open window in on cold January day in Ottawa, presumably due to lack of personal control over heating (Mackenzie Building, Carleton University)