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In 1984, SRO Housing Corporation was founded to improve horrific housing conditions in the Los Angeles Central City East area commonly known as "Skid Row." Over more than 30 years, SRO Housing Corporation restored and reclaimed dilapidated dangerous Single Room Occupancy Hotels and built new residences from the ground up to create safe, affordable housing for low-income and homeless residents of Skid Row. Along the way, tens of thousands of men and women received the keys to new homes. Many had been homeless for years, even for decades. Cramped and crumbling hotel rooms were transformed into...

This publication is about solar energy and how its use for heating and cooling will affect dwelling design and site planning. It has been prepared as a brief introduction for consumers, designers, and builders interested in solar heating and cooling. Beginning with a brief history of solar energy applications, a more thorough description of solar components and how they are organized into heating, cooling and domestic hot water systems follows. Next, factors which influence the design of solar dwellings and systems are discussed. The remain portion of the publication illustrates dwelling and...