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CEPHEUS: new link -- Cost Efficient Passive Houses as European Standards -
Austria |
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International Straw Bale Building Registry: Support this
initiative by registering your structure. "The aggregate numbers will be useful in such things as lobbying insurance companies, mortgage companies, building officials, and other such
sticks-in-the-mud, and will also be useful in further popularizing SB to the general public world wide. |
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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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Simple Design Methodology for Passive Solar
Architecture: article by Dennis Holloway based on research aimed at utilizing passive heating and cooling systems in buildings. |
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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. |
