Solar Power Your Home for Dummies more books like this

by Rik DeGunther

Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you're looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or you want to build a solar-powered house from the ground up, "Solar Power For Dummies" takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows you how to put it to work for you! This friendly, hands-on guide is ...

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home more books like this

by Dan Ramsey

Demand for solar power has grown consistently by 20 to 25% per annum over the past 20 years. In the past few years this rate has actually climbed to 40%. Why? Advances in solar cells, lower costs of using solar power, unpredictable utility rates, consumer frustration with the lack of utility choices, and environmental issues have all converged to ...

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The Solar Electric House: Energy for the Environmentally-Responsive, Energy-Independent Home more books like this

by Steven J Strong, William G Scheller

This is the definitive book on solar electric systems for home use. Strong, who has designed more than one hundred photovoltaic (PV) systems, covers all aspects of PVs, from the history and economics of solar power to the nuts and bolts of systems and equipment.

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The Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home more books like this

by James Kachadorian

For the past ten years, "The Passive Solar House" has offered proven techniques for building homes that heat and cool themselves, using readily available materials and methods familiar to all building contractors and many do-it-yourself homeowners. True to this innovative, straightforward approach, the new edition of this best-selling guide ...

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Earthship: How to Build Your Own more books like this

by Michael Reynolds

This "how-to" manual, written by Taos, New Mexico architect Michael Reynolds, author of "A Coming of Wizards" (High Mesa Press, 1989), is a detailed step by step description of alternative solar building techniques evolved by Reynolds for over 20 years. These center around building with automobile tires & aluminum cans to produce an economical, ...

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The New Autonomous House: Design and Planning for Sustainability more books like this

by Brenda Vale, Robert Vale

Brenda and Robert Vale's revolutionary book, The Autonomous House, was a manifesto offering down-to-earth suggestions for building homes that neither pollute the earth nor squander its resources. It received tremendous international praise, but nearly twenty years passed before the Vales turned their groundbreaking ideas into reality, a process ...

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Mother's homebuilding & shelter guide : from the editors of the Mother earth news more books like this

by Robert G. Miner

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The Sun-Inspired House: House Designs Warmed and Brightened by the Sun more books like this

by Debra Rucker Coleman

The Sun-Inspired? House: Ideas and House Plans Using the Sun to Brighten and Warm Your Home is a unique combination of passive solar information and house plans designed to use the sun to maximum efficiency. The information is educational while the designs are inspirational. The elegant yet functional homes capture the non-polluting heat and ...

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The New Solar Electric Home: The Photovoltaics How-To Handbook more books like this

by Joel Davidson

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The Solar Electric House: A Design Manual for Home-Scale Photovoltaic Power Systems more books like this

by Steven J Strong, William Scheller (Photographer)

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Crafting Log Homes Solar Style: An Inspiring Guide to Self-Sufficiency more books like this

by Rex A Ewing, Lavonne Ewing, Roland Sweet (Foreword by)

A down-to-earth guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus enlightening stories from log home owners across the country. Follow the authors? journey of handcrafting an off-the-grid log home in the Colorado Rockies and discover how renewable energy is a perfect match for modern log home living, ...

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Earthship: Evolution Beyond Economics more books like this

by Michael Reynolds

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The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home more books like this

by James Kachadorian

Finally there is a contemporary book that demonstrates the potential for heating and cooling a home with free energy. This new volume is a welcome addition to the canon of indispensable solar construction books, bringing fully up to date for the 1990s the legendary promise of 1970s-era solar pioneers: the promise of a home that heats and cools ...

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Super-Solar Houses: Saunders's Low-Cost 100% Solar Designs more books like this

by William A. Shurcliff, Norman B. Saunders

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Solar designing more books like this

by James Lambeth, John Darwin Delap

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New Solar Home Book more books like this

by Bruce Anderson

First published 15 years ago, this book simplifies a complex subject so that it is understandable to homeowners, architects, and students. It covers both the basic principles and the design implications of solar energy. Over 100 diagrams and drawings illustrate the fundamentals. Includes 45 pages of appendices.

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La Casa Adobe more books like this

by William Lumpkins

The first book published by Ancient City Press, it was written by the late, esteemed Santa Fe architect Lumpkins.

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Better Homes and Gardens Solar Living more books like this

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Sun-Earth Buffering & Superinsulation more books like this

by Don Booth, Peg Boyles, Jonathan Booth

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Designing & Building a Solar House: Your Place in the Sun more books like this

by Donald Watson

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Going Solar: Understanding and Using the Warmth in Sunlight more books like this

by Tomm Stanley

"Going Solar" contains everything that a budding or experienced solar enthusiast could wish for. By distilling thousands of years of history and knowledge into one book, Tomm Stanley brings together the work of pioneering solar designers, some of the greatest scientists that the world has known and a range of modern, practical applications for ...

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Solar Houses: 48 Designs more books like this

by Louis Oliver Gropp

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The Solar Home: How to Design and Build a House You Heat with the Sun more books like this

by Mark Freeman

Freeman gives thorough instructions and clear illustrations on each phase of solar home construction, from selecting the right site and designing the rooms to framing, wiring, plumbing, and maintenance. Freeman steers you clear of costly pitfalls and helps you decide which jobs you should tackle.

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A House for Michael: The Extraordinary Story of How One Man's Dream for Self-Sufficiency on a Remote Ranch Became a Reality more books like this

by John S M Hamilton

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Sunset homeowner's guide to solar heating more books like this

by Holly Lyman Antolini

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