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160 Seiten; Illustr. (auch farbig); 27 cm; kart.

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Gutes Ex.; leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einband etwas berieben. - Englisch. - Zahlreiche Illustrationen. - INHALT : Foreword --- Introduction --- Passive solar systems --- A house in league with nature --- Inexpensive to build, inexpensive to heat --- Trombe wall is low-tech collector --- Glass and masonry act as collector --- Small, ingenious, and energy-wise --- Greenhouse maximizes solar benefits --- Ninety metal drums collect and store heat. --- Skylids control warm rays of the sun --- A solar house built by its owners. --- Whimsical in design, wise in energetics. A roof designed to catch the sun --- Double walls, wind impellers, reduce chill Active solar systems --- Bold angles and an all-glass collector --- Sun's heat empowers regional architecture --- Vertical collectors outwit snow, soak up sun Collectors on garage let house soar free. --- Low-tech system uses available parts, skills --- An architect's solar house, with plans you can --- order --- Technology and nature at work together --- Florida sun heats domestic hot water --- Engineer, architect, cooperate on design --- Concrete, plus glass, soaks up solar heat --- A village of solar-heated houses. --- A great sloping roof holds many collectors --- Designed to catch and conserve sun's energy. Demonstration houses --- Conceived to show solar use for today. A house to showcase the sun's power --- RIT research project leads to building a solar --- house --- Underground houses --- Earth shields a double beach house --- Bermed walls hold heat from the sun --- Sod-roof house dug into a hillside --- Snug inthe earth, its face to the sun --- Planning ahead for solar --- A house ready for sun power --- Designed to keep heating needs down --- Manufactured solar houses --- Unique solar slab stores sun's heat --- A factory-built solar house on Cape Cod. Electric storage heating --- Designed to utilize sun, wood, and electricity --- Retrofitting --- Insulation, innovation, help in conservation --- 1805 house gets new wing and solar heat --- Solar design directions --- Three projects show new regional aesthetic --- "Stack effect" natural ventilation --- Solar design within rigid restrictions --- Climatic building system. --- Solar house plans to order by mail --- 1. Flat-plate collectors provide solar heat --- 2. Central atrium captures sunlight --- 3. Skylids, collectors, trap the sun's heat --- 4. Open to the south, protected on the norths --- 5. Underground hybrid design utilizes solar power --- Solar: --- Terms --- Economics --- Equipment --- Information --- Legislation --- Insulation --- Landscaping --- Bibliography --- Index. ISBN 0394735439