Author : Edward Mazria
Publisher :
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Presents technical information on passive energy design and application, using illustrations and text, and includes 27 design patterns for use in designing a passive energy system.
Author : James Kachadorian
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 2006-07-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1603582401
Revised and Expanded Edition - Includes CD-ROM with Custom Design Software For the past ten years The Passive Solar House has offered proven techniques for building homes that heat and cool themselves, using readily available materials and methods familiar to all building contractors and many do-it-yourself homeowners. True to this innovative, straightforward approach, the new edition of this best-selling guide includes CSOL passive solar design software, making it easier than ever to heat your home with the power of the sun. Since The Passive Solar House was first published, passive solar construction expert James Kachadorian has perfected user-friendly, Windows-compatible software to supplement the design process explained in the book by allowing homeowners/designers to enter the specifications of their design and see how changing a variable will affect its energy efficiency. This is the building book for a world of climbing energy costs. Applicable to diverse regions, climates, budgets, and styles of architecture, Kachadorian's techniques translate the essentials of timeless solar design into practical wisdom for today's solar builders. Profiles of successful passive solar design, construction, and retrofit projects from readers of the first edition provide inspiration to first-time homebuilders and renovators alike.
Author : David Bainbridge
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 160358420X
New buildings can be designed to be solar oriented, naturally heated and cooled, naturally lit and ventilated, and made with renewable, sustainable materials—no matter the location or climate. In this comprehensive overview of passive solar design, two of America’s solar pioneers give homeowners, architects, designers, and builders the keys to successfully harnessing the sun and maximizing climate resources for heating, cooling, ventilation, and daylighting. Bainbridge and Haggard draw upon examples from their own experiences, as well as those of others, of more than three decades to offer both overarching principles as well as the details and formulas needed to successfully design a more comfortable, healthy, and secure place in which to live, laugh, dance, and be comfortable. Even if the power goes off. Passive Solar Architecture also discusses “greener” and more-sustainable building materials and how to use them, and explores the historical roots of green design that have made possible buildings that produce more energy and other resources than they use.
Author : Thomas Doerr
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,83 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Solar buildings
ISBN : 9781452856575
"Learn just what you need to know about passive solar house design for western states"--Page 4 of cover
Author : Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780471183082
Passive solar design refers to design strategies that minimize or eliminate the need to heat or cool a building mechanically. This sourcebook of details, drawings and case studies of passive solar buildings throughout the U.S. provides is a complete guide to passive solar design and construction.
Author : Peter Van Dresser
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780941270908
Anyone who has been in a solar house, on a cold winter day has felt thearmth and comfort of its natural radiant heat. In 1958, solar pioneer Peteran Dresser built his first solar-heated house, one of the two oldest in thenited States. In this book van Dresser lays out in text and illustration therinciples an owner builder will need to know in siting, designing, buildingnd living in their solar house. Several sample house plans, ideas for solarot water heaters, and plans for solar crop dryers give the solar enthusiasthe basic information they will need to begin plans on their efficient home.his book shows that solar energy can be economically harnessed by simpleeans. Means that are within the grasp of the average homeowner and builder.
Author : Jan F. Kreider
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 16,76 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780070354869
Author : David Wright
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 38,52 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Discusses the architectural styles, construction techniques, materials, and energy efficiency of homes designed for solar energy systems in a wide range of climates.
Author : J. Douglas Balcomb
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262023412
Describes developments in passive solar technology that will save time, energy, and resources in planning for the buildings of the future.This companion to Passive Cooling and Solar Building Architecture (volumes 8 and 9) describes developments in passive solar technology that will save time, energy, and resources in planning for the buildings of the future. It is filled with tips and useful research for architects and designers and includes three substantial chapters on general modeling. Passive solar heating works. Properly designed and constructed, it is cost-effective, practical, comfortable, and aesthetic. Balcomb's introductory remarks set the tone for the rest of the contributions, which describe the considerable record of achievements in passive solar heating. Balcomb summarizes and evaluates the era between 1976 and 1983 when most of the major developments took place and highlights the design features that have contributed to effective buildings. Three chapters cover modeling passive systems (applicable to both heating and cooling), and six chapters focus on the application of passive solar heating, with emphasis on components, analytical results for specific systems, test modules, subsystem integration into buildings, performance monitoring and results, and design tools.J. Douglas Balcomb is a Principal Engineer with the Solar Energy Research Institute.
Author : AK Athienitis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1134274149
Passive solar design techniques are becoming increasingly important in building design. This design reference book takes the building engineer or physicist step-by-step through the thermal analysis and design of passive solar buildings. In particular it emphasises two important topics: the maximum utilization of available solar energy and thermal storage, and the sizing of an appropriate auxiliary heating/cooling system in conjunction with good thermal control. Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings is an important contribution towards the optimization of buildings as systems that act as natural filters between the indoor and outdoor environments, while maximizing the utilization of solar energy. As such it will be an essential source of information to engineers, architects, HVAC engineers and building physicists.
