Details the advantages and demands of living with solar energy in addition to presenting plans, interior and exterior views, and construction information on forty-eight remodeled and custom-designed houses utilizing a solar heating system
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_441772310
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Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Wraps have only light wear, spine is unbent. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 323898
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Seller: Heights Catalogues, Books, Comics, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. HEARC033345 Solar Houses, 48 Energy Saving Designs, A House & Garden Book by Louis Gropp, Pantheon Books, NY, First SC Edition, 1978, ISBN 0 394 73543 9 Almost new, ignore lines from scanner error. Seller Inventory # HEARC033345
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Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 160 pages. The book has minimal wear. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size G: 10"-11" Tall (254-279mm). Seller Inventory # 172092
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Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Large Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 160 pages, includes index. Illustrated. Scan available. Seller Inventory # 018386
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Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany
Condition: Gut. 160 Seiten; Illustr. (auch farbig); 27 cm; kart. Gutes Ex.; leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einband etwas berieben. - Englisch. - Zahlreiche Illustrationen. - INHALT : Foreword --- Introduction --- Passive solar systems --- A house in league with nature --- Inexpensive to build, inexpensive to heat --- Trombe wall is low-tech collector --- Glass and masonry act as collector --- Small, ingenious, and energy-wise --- Greenhouse maximizes solar benefits --- Ninety metal drums collect and store heat. --- Skylids control warm rays of the sun --- A solar house built by its owners. --- Whimsical in design, wise in energetics. A roof designed to catch the sun --- Double walls, wind impellers, reduce chill Active solar systems --- Bold angles and an all-glass collector --- Sun's heat empowers regional architecture --- Vertical collectors outwit snow, soak up sun Collectors on garage let house soar free. --- Low-tech system uses available parts, skills --- An architect's solar house, with plans you can --- order --- Technology and nature at work together --- Florida sun heats domestic hot water --- Engineer, architect, cooperate on design --- Concrete, plus glass, soaks up solar heat --- A village of solar-heated houses. --- A great sloping roof holds many collectors --- Designed to catch and conserve sun's energy. Demonstration houses --- Conceived to show solar use for today. A house to showcase the sun's power --- RIT research project leads to building a solar --- house --- Underground houses --- Earth shields a double beach house --- Bermed walls hold heat from the sun --- Sod-roof house dug into a hillside --- Snug inthe earth, its face to the sun --- Planning ahead for solar --- A house ready for sun power --- Designed to keep heating needs down --- Manufactured solar houses --- Unique solar slab stores sun's heat --- A factory-built solar house on Cape Cod. Electric storage heating --- Designed to utilize sun, wood, and electricity --- Retrofitting --- Insulation, innovation, help in conservation --- 1805 house gets new wing and solar heat --- Solar design directions --- Three projects show new regional aesthetic --- "Stack effect" natural ventilation --- Solar design within rigid restrictions --- Climatic building system. --- Solar house plans to order by mail --- 1. Flat-plate collectors provide solar heat --- 2. Central atrium captures sunlight --- 3. Skylids, collectors, trap the sun's heat --- 4. Open to the south, protected on the norths --- 5. Underground hybrid design utilizes solar power --- Solar: --- Terms --- Economics --- Equipment --- Information --- Legislation --- Insulation --- Landscaping --- Bibliography --- Index. ISBN 0394735439 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 1188090
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Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Color and Black/ White Photographs (illustrator). Cover has shelf wear, text is very clean and well bound. 8.5 X 10.5" 160 pages. From 1978. Illustrating life in forty-eight houses across the country, this book indicates the flexibility with which solar energy can be adapted to a wide variety of locations and budgets. There are over 130-easy-to-follow floor plans and diagrams which give the layman as well as the expert a clear idea of how the solar systems work in each house. Seller Inventory # 75079
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