Solar Age |
Title | Subject | Authors |
A beadwindow solarium: remodeling marvel. (Thomas-Soukup house, North Valley, Albuquerque area) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Adams, Jennifer A. |
A design team's success with computers: from cost estimating to solar design, computers mean profitability for Milburn-Sparn. (Energy Architects Inc., Boulder) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Adams, Jennifer A. |
A French flair for solar design: the French want to cut energy use in new buildings in half by 1985. (government goal seems bland compared to solar homes being built to meet it) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Juchau, Blaine |
An apprentice's guide to photovoltaics. (basic designs for residential systems) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Russell, Miles C. |
A step beyond the envelope house. (solar) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Huber, Hank |
Australians stalk the advanced collector: flat plates, evacuated tubes, solar-boosted heat pumps, parabolic troughs, and concentrating dishes are spicing the pot of research brewed down under. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Holzman, David |
Choosing your system: passive principles. (greenhouse, Trombe wall, or direct gain?) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Lewis, Dan, Kohler, Joe |
Collector efficiency is steadily improving, says FSEC. (Florida Solar Energy Center) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Best, Don |
Denver: trendsetter in solar homes. (passive especially) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Smith, Karen Haas |
Designs for worship: everywhere we looked in our national survey, we found congregations turning to solar architecture for symbolic and practical reasons. (4 examples) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Adams, Jennifer A. |
Grand designs for big solar buildings. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Godolphin, David |
Hawaii: new dynasty in renewable energy. (highest concentration of alternative-energy technologies anywhere) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Wholey, Jane |
Heat pumps: hot water at the right price? | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Moore, Dennis |
How to design a remote power system. (solar, wind, or water independent electric plant) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Paul, Terrance |
How to design efficient wood-fired central heating systems: the pros and cons of forced air, hot water baseboard, and radiant floor wood-fired systems are weighed. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Lunde, Martin |
How to determine the heat load of swimming pools: a simple step-by-step method for calculating losses from conduction, convection, re-radiation, and evaporation. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Root, Doug |
Innovations with real expectations: America's traditional spirit of inventiveness is alive and well in the burgeoning field of solar energy, where scores of inventors and gadgeteers are at work. (some of more promising innovations) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Best, Don |
In-town solar condos: one developer's plan book. (Wayne & Susan Nichols, Communico Inc., Santa Fe) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | McAdams, Wootie |
Keeping dry underground: fixing a leak in the skin of an earth-sheltered house can be nearly impossible. (best to do it right first with proven waterproofing technique) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Metz, Don |
Keep it simple, cool, and cheap: these three cardinal rules emerge from five years of field experience with solar heating, cooling, and hot water installations. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Kelly, C.J. |
Launching a career in solar: practical experience and proven resources to help teachers and students alike. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Brennan, Terry |
Made in Sweden: better houses come ashore. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Kando, Paul |
National sales trends: what's up, what's down. (active-solar installations) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Mihlmester, Philip, Bernstein, Harvey |
Passive design for desert houses: here are the essential do's and dont's to cope with the extreme temperatures in the Southwest. (Arizona State Energy Commission pamphlet excerpts) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Cook, Jeffrey |
Passive principles: conservation first. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Lewis, Dan, Kohler, Joe |
Passive strategies for commercial buildings: a treasure trove of design guidelines and actual performance data awaits architects and contractors as a result of a wide-ranging passive commercial building program. (solar design) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Adams, M. Ross |
Pivot point: no solar technology is more charged with promise than photovoltaics. (new generation of cost-effective products soon) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Best, Don |
Pumping water: experience with photovoltaic pump systems in the field gives installers practical design guidelines for shallow- and deep-well applications. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Dankoff, Windy |
Report on non-metallic solar collectors: benefitting from the rapid progress of polymer technology, manufacturers have solved many early problems of plastics exposed to sunlight, heat, chemicals, and pressure. (plastics' increasing solar-industry role) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Madsen, Per, Goss, Kathy |
Rowhouse retrofit. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Godolpin, David |
Superinsulation choices: evaluating the three most popular systems, with tips and cautions. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Hughes, John R. |
The latest in superinsulated homes. (new wall-roof systems for super fuel savings) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Godolphin, David |
The LCR method: road map for passive design. (load-collector ratio, solar houses) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Morris, W. Scott |
The solar age domestic hot water directory. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | D'Alessandro, Bill, Carter, Joe, Flower, Robert G., Wright, William A. |
The solar hot water system rating test. (how to apply ASHRAE Standard 95-1981) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Putman, William J. |
Warm wraps for cold windows: a practical guide through the twists and turns of the window treatment industry. (thermal insulation) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Bliss, Steve |
What to look for in window insulation: a clear view of heat loss through glazing tells the difference between true insulating products and mere window treatments. | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Adams, Jennifer A. |
Wind in America: the changing landscape. (old technology revolutionizes electric power generation) | Engineering and manufacturing industries | Gipe, Paul |
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