Your Affordable Solar Home

By Dan Hibshman

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871563274
• ISBN13: 9780871563279
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Random House, Inc.
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

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Featuring designs for six solar houses that can be built for $20,000 or less, including a Solar Primer for Homeowners. A Revolution is occurring in American housing, and today's economic climate demands new approaches to home design - with assessments that take into account the real costs of construction, land use, and long-term energy consumption. Your Affordable Solar Home reevaluates the nature of the "dream home" and, exploiting the economy of solar principles, discovers new ways to put home ownership within the reach of many more people than before. This practical, clearly illustrated guide outlines a variety of options that could put a house in your future. It includes: * A solar primer, explaining the process and practice of solar heating and cooling. * Floor plans and cutaway drawings from six award-winning solar house designs - how to construct them economically and why they're appropriate for contemporary lifestyles. * The package house, including prefabricated houses and houses you can build from kits. * Log and timber houses, domes, and post-and-beam houses * The story of a small community that found a creative way to deal with the housing shortage * And More!