Build a Solar Home and Let the Sunshine In
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Solar Energy: Today's Technologies for a Sustainable Future
by Burke Miller.
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VIDEOS
The Solar-Powered Home with Rob Roy. An 84-minute
video examining basic principles, components, set up and
system planning for an off-grid home. Features tips from
America's leading experts in the field of home power.
Available from Earthwood Building School. (518) 493-7744;
www.cordwoodmasonry.com
ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY. Publishes Solar Today
magazine and sponsors an annual national meeting. Also
publishes an online catalog of publications and sponsors
the National Tour of Solar Homes. (303) 443-3130;
www.ases.org
CENTER FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES
(CREST). Online source of renewable energy solutions.
www.crest.org
FLORIDA SOLAR ENERGY CENTER. Offers design guidelines for
building homes in hot, humid climates. (321) 638-1000;
www.fsec.ucf.edu
ALLIANCE TO SAVE ENERGY. Excellent information on saving
energy and money. (202) 8570666; www.ase.org
NORTHEAST SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION. Green-building,
clean-energy and Sustainable transportation site. (413)
7746051; www.nesea.org
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, CENTER FOR BUILDINGS
AND THERMAL SYSTEMS. Key players in research and education
on energy efficiency and passive-solar heating and cooling.
(303) 3847349; www.nrel.gov/buildings/ high
performance
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS INDUSTRY COUNCIL. This organization
has a terrific Web site with information on workshops,
books and publications, and links to many other
international, national and state solar-energy
organizations. (202) 628-7400
Running Outof Gas
Most Americans remain unaware that we have already consumed
nearly half of our known of Gas domestic natural gas.
Passive-solar heating is vital to our energy future as the
two dominant players in the home-heating market, natural
gas and home heating oil, are being depleted. Most
Americans remain unaware that we have already consumed
nearly half our domestic natural gas. In Texas, energy
companies drill 17 new gas wells a day—6,400 wells
each year—just to maintain current production levels,
say Randy Udall, director of the Community Office for
Resource Efficiency in Aspen, Colorado, and Steve Andrews,
an energy analyst. The United States is now the world's
largest importer of natural gas, most of which comes from
Canada.
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