num_pages: 187
description: The Real Goods Solar Living Center, in Hopland, California (two hours north of San Francisco), has hosted hundreds of thousands of visitors since opening in June, 1996. They come to see: -- Windmills and solar modules that produce enough electricity to allow Real Goods to sell excess power to the local utility-- Abundant solar-pumped water flowing through a lush oasis that was formerly a toxic patch of abused ground-- The world's largest straw bale structure, beautifully illuminated by daylight, and heated and cooled without using fossil fuels-- A central courtyard that is really a giant solar calendar. This story, told through the eyes of the participants, is not a worshipful tale, but rather a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to bring a vision to reality.Contents:The big idea / John SchaefferGetting real: Real Goods and its customers / Stephen MorrisReal Goods corporate principlesThe landscape plan: A place study / Stephanie Kotin and Christopher Tebbutt The solar calendar / Baile OakesDesign: manifesting the vision / Sim Van der Ryn The five ecological design principles and their applicationPower systems and climate response systems / Jeff Oldham and Adam JackawayThe lumber story / Jeff OldhamMaking the most of your visit / Mark WinklerThe country store of the future / Nancy HensleyA solar living center in every state / John Schaeffer.
language: English
title: A Place in the Sun: The Evolution of the Real Goods Solar Living Center
titlecomplete: A Place in the Sun: The Evolution of the Real Goods Solar Living Center (Real Goods Solar Living Book.)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co