The passive solar house
By: James Kachadorian.
Series: A real goods independent living book
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub. Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: White River Junction, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Solar air conditioning -- Passive systems.
Description: This book offers a technique for building homes that heat and cool themselves in a wide range of different climates, using ordinary building materials available anywhere and with methods familiar to all building contractors and many do-it-yourselfers. A formerly patented design for author James Kachadorian's Solar Slab heat exchanger is now available for the use of anyone motivated by the desire to build a house that needs a backup furnace or air conditioner rarely if ever.

This is a building book for the next century. Applicable to a diversity of regions, climates, budgets, and styles of architecture, Kachadorian's techniques translate the essentials of timeless solar design (siting a home in harmony with nature, using windows as solar collectors, achieving year-round comfort by balancing good insulation with healthy supplies of fresh air) into practical wisdom for today's new generation of solar builders.
Notes: "Using solar design to heat & cool your home"--Subtitle on cover.