Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates
eBook - ePub

Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates

About this book

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. It is here for you today, and can easily provide up to 50% of your space and water heating requirements. This is a book that simply and clearly explains the principles of using solar energy to heat your home. Anyone building a new home, or renovating an old one can incorporate one or several aspects of solar energy into their design.

Taking you through the process of designing a solar home from the ground up this manual is also a basic course in conservation and sustainable house design. If you live in a 'heating' climate, meaning if you have space heating requirements for most of the year then this is an invaluable resource.

A house is the biggest single investment most of us will make in our lives - the way it is built and how it operates can reflect a long term investment in both the building and the planet.

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INDEX

Acadian post and beam house (Canada) 160161
access roads 24, 25
acoustic considerations 25, 28, 52
active solar systems 3, 4
advanced framing 153
aesthetic considerations 2526, 195
see also view
age factor 130
air barriers 115
air filtration 92, 93, 99, 111
air flow 2, 3, 52, 59, 71, 80, 114
and heating systems see forced-air heating systems
stratification effect 78, 92
air quality see indoor air quality
air recirculating systems 105, 106, 171
air-source heat pumps 9394
airtight drywall approach 115
airtight houses 2, 74, 76, 79, 114115
in case studies 161, 165
fireplaces in 105
government publications on 114
problems with 95, 99, 100
testing 114
ventilation in 100, 105, 114
air-to-air heat exchangers see HRVs
air-to-water heat pumps 94
allergies 99, 101
altitude, measuring 174
appliances see electrical appliances
artesian aquifers 187
attics 9, 49, 63
auxilliary heating systems 8997, 165
controls for 93
criteria in choosing 90, 93
forced-air 92
fuel sources for 94, 9596
and heat pumps 9395
size of 90, 92
backdrafting 95, 103, 105
balance of system (BOS) 148
baseboard radiators 9293
basements/cellars 9, 30, 49, 170
bathrooms
lighting in 129, 130
ventilation for 100, 102, 103
batteries 68, 145, 148, 149
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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. SITE DESIGNING
  8. HOUSE DESIGN & PLANNING
  9. CONTROLLING CLIMATE
  10. AUXILIARY HEATING
  11. INDOOR AIR QUALITY
  12. THE BUILDING ENVELOPE
  13. OVERALL ENERGY REDUCTIONS
  14. SOLAR ADD-ONS
  15. MAKING IT HAPPEN
  16. CASE STUDIES
  17. APPENDIX
  18. INDEX