The Passive Solar Energy Book
Book description
Provides comprehensive information on the design and application of passive solar-energy systems and assesses twenty-seven design patterns that offset a variety of factors influencing the effectiveness of solar heating
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1 author picked The Passive Solar Energy Book as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Likely the first energy “guidebook” for architects. Published during the 1970s oil crises, Mazria lays out a design process for saving energy through passive solar design.
The book is full of foundational knowledge, core principles, concepts, early data on material properties based on research done at the University of Oregon, clear definitions, and lots of black and white hand drawings showing solar positions, angles, and access for buildings. Though no longer in print, copies are still available, and the content is still relevant today.
As more design process is relegated to blackbox software that “may” consider many of the same…
From Alison's list on environmental schematic design.
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