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The LCR method: road map for passive design

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The Passive Solar Design Handbook's LCR (load-collector ratio) method tabulates numerical design estimates for home architects working for each of 209 U.S. and 10 Canadian locales. This method greatly simplifies design decisions for each location. Cheyenne, Wyoming table is given as an example.

Author: Morris, W. Scott
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: Solar Age
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0160-8401
Year: 1983
Energy use, Design and construction, Dwellings, Solar houses, Cheyenne, Wyoming

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Hawaii: new dynasty in renewable energy

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Surveys alternative-energy developments in Hawaii, attempting to shake 94% energy-dependence on oil imports, including political and business (electric utility, sugar industry, high technology) developments: solar, wind, geothermal, waste, and ocean thermal-energy conversion.

Author: Wholey, Jane
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: Solar Age
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0160-8401
Year: 1981
Electric services, RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS, Raw cane sugar, Legislative bodies, Electric utilities, Finance, Energy policy, Power resources, Industrial policy, Sugar industry, Alternative energy sources, Renewable energy, Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company Inc., Solar energy industry, Ocean thermal power plants, Geothermal resources, Matsunaga, Spark M., Shupe, John, Kani, Karl, Collins, Judy, Yim, T.C., Craddick, Bill, Richards, Monty, Ariyoshi, George R.

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Passive design for desert houses: here are the essential do's and dont's to cope with the extreme temperatures in the Southwest

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Do-it-yourself homebuilding advice covering foundations, insulation, wood and masonry walls, and energy roofs, for residences in low-lying, hot, arid climates. Other brochures in the series deal with subdivision planning, orientation, windows and shading, and house planning.

Author: Cook, Jeffrey
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: Solar Age
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0160-8401
Year: 1981
Usage, Residential construction, Arizona, Thermal insulation, Insulation (Heat), House construction, Deserts

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Subjects list: Methods, Housing, Architecture and energy conservation, Energy efficient buildings, Solar design, Passive, Passive solar design
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