Page 10 ENERGY Continued from page 9 "The Value of Thermal Insulation in Residential Construction: Economic and Conservation of Energy" Environmental Information System Office Oakridge National Lab P.O. Box X Oakridge, Tenn. 37830 Report No. ORNL-NSF-EP-19 National Bureau of Standards Office of Building Standards and Code Services Center for Building Technology Bldg. 226, R. 3226 Washington, D.C. 20234 Building codes, pamphlets on housing energy use, state surveys of codes. Conservation Foundation 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Lots of good books, studies, reports. Including "Hidden Waste, Potential for Energy Conservation." $3 .00. Also contact locally: Energy Information Office 4220 E. Martin Way Olympia, Wa. 98504 and Energy Conservation & Allocation Office 528 Cottage N.E., Room 301 Salem, Or. 97310 COLLECTOR. PANEL LIVING SPAC.E SOLAR STORAGE CONTAlNE.R "Practically Engineering a Solar Heating System for Your Home," by Internation-. al Solarthermics Corp. P.O. Box 397 Nederland, Colo. 80466. Send a stamped, self-addressed business envelope for this 6-page practicum on sizing a solar system for an existing building (i.e., "retrofitting"). Shows the methods used for calculating the needed information from tables available in the 1974 ASHRAE Applications Handbook or from the National Weather Service. FACTORS CAUSI,_ INCREASE IN ENii~V SALES TO DOMESTIC CONSUMERS IN WI!ST CFROUP OF PNW kl.-·· MWN 1950-1971 30 25 20 15 10 4.3 ...., 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 0 1950 1960 1970 1971 F,gure l4 From: Electric Energy in Pacific N.W. B.P.A. Criteria for the Preliminary Design of Solar-Heated Buildings, by Everett M. Barber, Jr., and Don Watson, 1974. $10.00 from: Sunworks, Inc. Guilford, Ct. 06437. Has a most useful appendix which explains how to figure the percentage of a building's annual space heating requirements that can be provided by a given solar heating system. Data tables needed for calculation are provided. The Solar Energy Handbook, by Henry C. Landa, 1974. Available for $7.50 from: FICO A 2901 S. Wentworth Ave., Milwaukee, Wise. 53207. Very comprehensive, presenting needed information and theory very clearly, as well as indexing the contents for quick thumb retrieval. Alternative Natural Energy Sources in Building Design, by Davis & Schubert, 1974. $7.00 from Passive Energy Systems P.O. Box 499 Blacksburg, Va. 24060. An extra added attraction is Malcolm B. Wells' "Ecologic Standards for Construction," an item to be read after reading George Ramsey's "Energy & Architecture" Plowboy Interview in Mother Earth News No. 30. WATER IH CONTAIN EllS CKsoHICAl.S EARTH Roc~'$ Use ofDomestic Hot Water for Space Heating. $10 ($5 to members) from: Circulation Sales Department ASH RAE United Engineering Center 345 E. 47th St., New York, N.Y. 10017 How to put all that conserved, solarheated water to use. Ask for their "Symposium Bulletin" publication list. Nationwide Conference on the Magnitude and Implementation Schedule of Energy Resources. A proposal for a conference (sometime in May or June?) designed to deal with problems of information resources in energy resources area: Contact C.H. Wang or Bernard Spinrad Office of Energy Research & Development Oregon State University Corvallis, Or. 97 331 503-754-2344 EUTURES Futures Conditional ) Northwest Regional Foundation P.O. Box 5296 Spokane, Wa. 99205 Published fo~· some time by Robert Theobald from Arizona. Now coming out again; reborn in looseleaf package form; focus on citizen participation, community involvement, bicentennial activities, thinking about the future, controlling the future by participation. They will be publishing the Expo Symposium series (1st issue includes Wendell Berry's speech). Packages also contain pamphlets on other projects/groups etc, as well as "additional resource" section and briefs in the form of "opportunities for involvement." $5 for 2 sample copies. $20/yr. (Still expensive as the retired Futures Conditional, but costs seem more evident. It is an interesting, be it expensive, experiment in print.
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