Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates

ISBN-13: 9781138471450 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Shawna Henderson

Opis

If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun. Solar heat is not subject to rate increases, is totally renewable, pollution free and requires little or no technology. This book explains the principles of using solar energy to heat your home.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Site Designing 2. House Design & Planning 3. Controlling Climate 4. Auxiliary Heating 5. Indoor Air Quality 6. Building Envelope 7. Overall Energy Reductions 8. Solar Add-Ons 9. Making it Happen. Case Studies. Appendices

O autorze

Shawna Henderson, CEO of Bfreehomes Design Ltd., has been designing, consulting and writing about energy-efficiency and sustainable housing since 1992. As a home designer, consultant, a long-time evaluator and inspector with Canada's R2000 and EnerGuide for Houses programs, and a researcher for Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation and Natural Resources Canada, Ms. Henderson is able to bring her hands-on knowledge of energy efficiency and homeowners' concerns to bear on every aspect of her work. She is co-author of the Maritime Solar Shelter Manual and the new Canadian Solar House Manual.



Don Roscoe BSc. BArch., has thirty three years' experience designing and building over 120 solar greenhouses and into-the-ground heat-storage-slab passive solar homes. He also works with land developers evolving solar subdivision design methods and services and has, for the past twenty five years, been the primary developer and instructor for Solar Nova Scotia's Solar Shelter and Solar Construction courses. He is co-author of the Maritime Solar Shelter Manual and the new Canadian Solar House Manual.