Record details

• ISBN: 1933392037
• ISBN: 9781933392035
• Physical Description: x, 224 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), forms, 1 map, plans ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM
• Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
• Publisher: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Free CD-ROM of open-source CSOL solar design software included"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes index.

Originally published: 1997.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Let Nature Heat Your Home 2 -- 2 Passive Solar Concept 14 -- 3 Solar Slab and Basic Solar Design 26 -- 4 Insulation, Venting, and Fresh Air 44 -- 5 Basic Layouts and Floor Plans 56 -- 6 How to do the Solar Design Calculations 64 -- 7 Foundation Plan, and Backup Heating and Cooling 94 -- 8 A Sidehill Variation, and Solar Design Worksheets 116 -- 9 Sunspaces and Special Design Considerations 140 -- 10 Interior Design for Year-Round Comfort / Cornelia C. Kachadorian 152 -- 11 Three Projects 164 -- 12 Using the CSOL Computer Program 170 -- Appendix 1 Solar Design Worksheets 174 -- Appendix 2 Solar Intensity and Solar Heat Gain Factors for 16 to 64 degrees North Latitude 189 -- Appendix 3 Thermal Properties of Typical Building and Insulating Materials (Design Values) 197 -- Appendix 4 North Latitude, Elevation, and Outside Winter Design Temperatures for Selected Cities in the U.S. and Canada 200 -- Appendix 5 Average Monthly and Yearly Degree Days for Cities in the U.S. and Canada 206 -- Appendix 6 Mean Percentage of Possible Sunshine for Selected Cities in the U.S. and Canada 213 -- Appendix 7 Isogonic Chart (Magnetic Declination) 219.

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