697.78/Kachadorian
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2nd Floor
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- Subjects
- Published
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White River Junction, Vt. :
Chelsea Green
2006.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
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James Kachadorian
(-)
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed
- Item Description
- "Includes CD-ROM with custom solar design software"--Cover.
Subtitle from cover.
Original edition published: 1997.
- Physical Description
- x, 224 p. [8] p. of plates : ill., forms, maps, plans ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781933392035
- Preface
- 1. Let Nature Heat Your Home
- 2. The Passive Solar Concept
- 3. The Solar Slab and Basic Solar Design
- 4. Insulation, Venting, and Fresh Air
- 5. Basic Layouts and Floor Plans
- 6. How to do the Solar Design Calculations
- 7. The Foundation Plan, and Backup Heating and Cooling
- 8. A Sidehill Variation, and Solar Design Worksheets
- 9. Sunspaces and Special Design Considerations
- 10. Interior Design for Year-Round Comfort
- 11. Three Projects
- 12. Using the CSOL Computer Program
- Appendices
- Appendix 1. Solar Design Worksheets
- Appendix 2. Solar Intensity and Solar Heat Gain Factors for 16 to 64 degrees North Latitude
- Appendix 3. Thermal Properties of Typical Building and Insulating Materials (Design Values)
- Appendix 4. North Latitude, Elevation, and Outside Winter Design Temperatures for Selected Cities in the U.S. and Canada
- Appendix 5. Average Monthly and Yearly Degree Days for Cities in the U.S. and Canada
- Appendix 6. Mean Percentage of Possible Sunshine for Selected Cities in the U.S. and Canada
- Appendix 7. Isogonic Chart (Magnetic Declination)
- Index