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Author Aspen Energy Forum (4th : 1977 : Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies)

Title Solar architecture : proceedings of the Aspen Energy Forum 1977, [May 27, 28, and 29, 1977], Aspen, Colorado / editors, Gregory E. Franta, Kenneth R. Olson ; graphics, T. Michael Manchester
Published Ann Arbor, Mich. : Ann Arbor Science Publishers, [1978]
©1978

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  697.78 Asp/Aef 1977  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Passive systems: Concepts of solar architecture, archeo-astronomy and autonomy / Jeffrey Cook ; "Architecture au naturel" / David Wright ; Huddling together in mother earth / Fredric A. Benedict ; Keeping a cool head and warm feet / Keith Haggard ; Passive solar heating of buildings / J.D. Balcomb ; Predicting the performance of passive solar heated buildings / Ed Mazria ; Energy-processing building materials / Day Cahroudi ; Self-inflating movable insulation / Ronald Shore and James Gronen ; Northern windows and solar architecture fallacies / Raymond N. Auger ; Heating requirements for buildings / William R. Harmon -- Greenhouse: Greenhouse construction workshops "barn raising style" / William F. Yanda ; Energy flows in the greenhouse / Herbert A. Wade ; Wet-dirt storage for a solar greenhouse / Joseph B. Orr ; An attached solar-heated greenhouse / H.E. "Rip" Van Winkle -- Active systems: Solar collector sizing / Herman G. Barkmann ; Residential applications of hybrid solar thermal/solar photovoltaic energy conversion technology / Joel BuBow ; Eutectic salt as a solar heat storage medium / Don M. Harvey -- Case studies: Architecture, the sun, and the Roaring Fork Valley / Gregory Franta ; Projects in Telluride / Dean Randle ; The Community College of Denver and other solar projects / John Anderson -- Alternatives: Baseline design of commercial central receiver solar power plant / Floyd A. Blake ; Wind power as a viable energy source / Stan. H. Lowy ; Wood for energy / Ja Densmore ; The meaning and application of geothermal energy / Glenn E. Coury ; Energy independence through methane / C.E. Tomson, Jr. ; Composting toilets : a viable alternative / David Del Porto -- Education: The Roaring Fork Resource Center / Gail Weinberg ; Aspen Community School Environmental Laboratory / Paul Rubin and John Katzenberger ; Wildwood School : a place to explore the environmental ethic / Bob Lewis ; Meaning, ecology, design, ethics / Wallace W. Wells ; The Farallones Institute :experiment in appropriate technology / Alison Dykstra
Notes Includes index
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Subject Architecture and solar radiation -- Congresses.
Architecture and solar radiation.
Solar energy -- Congresses.
Solar energy.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Franta, Gregory.
Olson, Kenneth R.
LC no. 77091356
ISBN 0250402335