Homegrown Sundwellings
By: by Peter van Dresser.
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Lightning Tree
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Santa Fe, NM
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Solar houses -- Design and construction.
Description: This book is the outgrowth of two years of research and experimentation by a team of architects, engineers, physicists, designers and builders, funded by the Four Corners Regional Commission, under sponsorship of the Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, N.M. The major thrust of this program was the development of low-cost, low-technology, solar-heated dwellings suitable for construction by owner-builders using native materials. A number of demonstration cottages were built and will be monitored during several heating seasons by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

The main purpose of this book is to show how solar energy can be harnessed by simple methods, and how the use of renewable energy sources can help ease the fuel crisis, improve economic conditions, and protect land, air and water against the menace of pollution -- not only in New Mexico but wherever the sun shines.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 129-131.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Solar Energy -- A Natural for New Mexico; title: Saving Fuel at the Home Front; title: Some Principles of Climatic Adaptation; title: Requirements for the House as Solar Energy; title: Windows, Ventilation and Summer Comfort; title: Siting and Landscaping for Climatic Tempering; title: Solar Energy for Food Production; title: Backing-up the Suntempering System; title: Solar Water Heating; title: The Special Genius of New Mexico