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Introducing "NATURAL CONDITIONING"
While heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Yet "natural conditioning"—heating and cooling with passive solar techniques—is a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The Natural House, brings these principles to a new generation of solar enthusiasts.
Chiras sets the record straight on the vast potential for passive heating and cooling. Acknowledging the good intentions of misguided solar designers in the past, he highlights certain egregious errors and shows how to avoid them. In methodical detail he provides contemporary home builders with all the necessary tools for successful solar design. You will learn:
@ HOW TO SELECT A COST-EFFECTIVE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BACKUP HEATING SYSTEM
© HOW TO PRESERVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN AN AIRTIGHT,...
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Fülszöveg
r
Home Reference/Architecture
$29.95
Introducing "NATURAL CONDITIONING"
While heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Yet "natural conditioning"—heating and cooling with passive solar techniques—is a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The Natural House, brings these principles to a new generation of solar enthusiasts.
Chiras sets the record straight on the vast potential for passive heating and cooling. Acknowledging the good intentions of misguided solar designers in the past, he highlights certain egregious errors and shows how to avoid them. In methodical detail he provides contemporary home builders with all the necessary tools for successful solar design. You will learn:
@ HOW TO SELECT A COST-EFFECTIVE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BACKUP HEATING SYSTEM
© HOW TO PRESERVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN AN AIRTIGHT, ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOME
@ WAYS OF EMPLOYING GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS IN A NATURALLY CONDITIONED HOME
The Solar House also explains the new diagnostic aids available in printed worksheet or software formats that allow readers to generate their own design schemes.
Daniel D. Chiras is the author of The Natural House (Chelsea Green, 2000) and is an expert on global environmental issues. He holds a Ph.D. in physiology and teaches courses on sustain-abUity and environmental health at the universities of Colorado and Denver. He is an avid musician, organic gardener, river runner, and bicyclist. He lives in a passive solar/solar electric, straw bale, and rammed tire house in Evergreen, Colorado.
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