Anyone who has been in a solar house, on a cold winter day has felt the warmth and comfort of its natural radiant heat. In 1958, solar pioneer Peter van Dresser built his first solar-heated house, one of the two oldest in the United States. In this book van Dresser lays out in text and illustration the principles an owner builder will need to know in siting, designing, building and living in their solar house. Several sample house plans, ideas for solar hot water heaters, and plans for solar crop dryers give the solar ...
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Anyone who has been in a solar house, on a cold winter day has felt the warmth and comfort of its natural radiant heat. In 1958, solar pioneer Peter van Dresser built his first solar-heated house, one of the two oldest in the United States. In this book van Dresser lays out in text and illustration the principles an owner builder will need to know in siting, designing, building and living in their solar house. Several sample house plans, ideas for solar hot water heaters, and plans for solar crop dryers give the solar enthusiast the basic information they will need to begin plans on their efficient home. This book shows that solar energy can be economically harnessed by simple means. Means that are within the grasp of the average homeowner and builder.
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Add this copy of 1996 Pb Passive Solar House Basics to cart. $10.99, very good condition, Sold by Miki Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SAN JOSE, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Gibbs Smith.
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This reworking of an earlier presentation is the best summary of Peter van Dresser's work on simple buildings that heat and cool themselves without active systems. He was a fascinating man who struggled mightily in the environmental movement since the early 1930's. Heartbroken that the terms "green revolution" and "biotechnics" had been co-opted to mean agribusiness and genetic engineering (instead of respect for "biotic and other flow resources,") he devised the phrase "sustainable growth."
