Passive Solar Architecture

Passive Solar Architecture

Author: David Bainbridge

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2011-08-18

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 160358420X

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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.


Passive Solar Architecture

Passive Solar Architecture

Author: David A. Bainbridge

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781603582964

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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

Passive Solar Architecture

Author: David A. Bainbridge

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781603582681

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In a comprehensive overview of passive solar designthe resurrected solar strategy that is sweeping through Germany and rapidly regaining popularity in the United Statestwo of the nations solar pioneers give homeowners, architects, and builders the keys to successfully using the sun and climate resources for heating, cooling, ventilation and daylighting.


Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings

Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings

Author: AK Athienitis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1134274149

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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.


Natural Solar Architecture

Natural Solar Architecture

Author: David Wright

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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"Great book featuring designs for solar construction of homes and other architecture by David Wright, Environmental Architect. Over 80 black and white diagrams, plans, charts and illustrations of passive and solar designs. Measurement charts, topographical information."--


The Passive Solar Energy Book

The Passive Solar Energy Book

Author: Edward Mazria

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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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.


Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference

Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference

Author: Ken Haggard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1317705165

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Our pocket reference books provide a wealth of practical information at your fingertips, whenever you need it. Rich in background detail, at-a-glance tables and diagrams, equations, and more, the Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference is a handy resource for architects, engineers and students. Coverage includes: definitions load determinants and Responses (including world wide biomes and climates, building metabolism and response, thermal sources and sinks, passive building responses to sources and sinks, tuning the building to the environment, optimizing insulation & thermal mass for comfort) contextual aspects (including microclimate and siting, temperatures, humidity, wind, radiation and comfort parameters passive components (including building envelope, passive solar terminology, orientation, apertures and glazing, thermal storage, thermal control and materials design tools (including sun path diagrams, sun peg diagrams, air flow relationships, thermal modelling and life cycle design specific functions (including passive heating, passive cooling and ventilation, natural lighting, passive water heating, resource collection and integrated design).


The Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook

The Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook

Author: Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780471183082

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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.


The Solar House

The Solar House

Author: Daniel D. Chiras

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1931498121

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While heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Yet "natural conditioning"--Heating and cooling with passive solar techniques -- is a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Acknowledging the good intentions of misguided solar designers in the past, the author highlights certain egregious errors and shows how to avoid them. The author shows how to select a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly backup heating system; how to preserve indoor air quality in an airtight, energy-efficient home; and ways of employing green building materials in a naturally conditioned home.


Passive Solar Architecture

Passive Solar Architecture

Author: David Wright

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Discusses the architectural styles, construction techniques, materials, and energy efficiency of homes designed for solar energy systems in a wide range of climates.