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CEPHEUS: new link -- Cost Efficient Passive Houses as European Standards
- Austria |
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LX&R Design: Architect R. F. Alexander of Espanola NM has combined his
experience with adobe and passive solar to create hybrid as well as regular straw
bale construction. |
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National Home Plans Inc: Browse through home plans, many featuring
energy-efficient "passive-solar design," Charles Koty, A.I.A. Order plans by
phone, fax or mail. (added 4/06) |
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Passive Solar Guidelines: outlines various design features employing
convective currents to cool buildings. From the Sustainable Building Sourcebook.
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Passive solar heating and daylighting: new link -- Using solar energy to
heat and light buildings. |
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Passive Solar House Design: photographs, sketches, and explanations of a
design for the local climate in northern Florida. ) |
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Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (SHC): The International Energy
Agency\'s SHC Programme is an international collaboration to advance active solar,
passive solar and photovoltaic technologies and their application in buildings.
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Svens Strohballenseite: SB and passive solar designer Sven put up this
German site to translate some of the better-known SB resources for his building
community. He covers the basics of SB and takes his inspiration from David
Eisenberg's code work to include the development of German-European building
standards and details. Danke Sven! |
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The History of Passive Solar: John Perlin provides a historical summary
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Women Build Houses: new link - Begun as a study group in 1993, Women
Build Houses evolved into a broad network which published a newsletter and offered
referrals to apprenticeships, tradeswomen and architects, as well as brief classes
and longer workshops in subjects ranging from, "how to fix a leaky faucet," to
solar cooking, passive solar design, electrical wiring, auto maintenance,
carpentry, compost toilets, adobe plastering, straw bale construction, and other
subjects related to construction, self-reliance, and environmental balance.
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