The passive solar house [the complete guide to heating and cooling your home]

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Subjects: Solar heating.

Solar heating > Design.

Solar heating > Equipment and supplies.
Published: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green 2006.
Language: English
Main Author: James Kachadorian (-)
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed
Item Description: "Includes CD-ROM with custom solar design software"--Cover.
Subtitle from cover.
Original edition published: 1997.
Physical Description: x, 224 p. [8] p. of plates : ill., forms, maps, plans ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography: Includes index.
ISBN: 9781933392035

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