How to Set Up a Coal or Wood Stove, 2 pgs. and Home Heating in an Emergency, 15 pgs. Both free from: Cooperative Extension Service University of New Hampshire Durham, N.H. 03824 Does anyone know where to get booklets like this in the Pacific Northwest? Ask for their publications list. Wood Stove Plans and Manuals from: Jim Fisk c/o Toby Farm Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass. Designs and instructions for building stoves for heat, cooking, oven baking, supplementary hot water, with afterburner system. The Complete Book ofHeating with Wood, by Larry Gay. $3 from: Garden Way Publishing Charlotte, Vt. 05445 It's all here: environmental impact, picking the tree, felling, hauling, bucking, splitting, seasoning, wood combustion, modern stoves, airtight, tile and soapstone stoves, old stoves, the c4imney, heat exchangers. Nice drawings. Excellent companion to Hot Water (Rain 2, p. 8 ... solar collectors and wood heat) and Jim Fisk's Wood Stove Plans and Manuals. Ask for publication list. Interim Report on Solar Heating and Cooling Program. Free from: ERDA Technical Information Center P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 Submitted to Congress April 7, 1975, calls for the demonstration of solar heating by late 1977 and the demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling by late 1979. Approximately 25 percent of our nation's current energy use is to heat and cool buildings and supply domestic hot water. For each 1 percent of all U.S. buildings that could be equipped with solar H&C systems, about 30 million barrels of oil would be saved annually. Energy, Environment and Building, by Philip Steadman. $5.95 ppbk from: Cambridge University Press 32 E. 57th St. New York, N.Y. 10022 Energy conservation in buildings, solar energy for water and space heating, directory and maps of solar heated buildings in the U.S., windpower, small scale water power, composting waste treatment and methane gas, water conservation and local water collection covered in a clear and easy way. This and the Energy Primer (Rain 6, midsection foldout) will bring you up to date quickly. Page 7 Windmill Survey New Mexico State University's College of Agriculture recently conducted a survey to determine the condition of U.S. windmills. Results: about 15,000 are in A-1 working condition, and 60,000-70,000 ·can be restored. About half the existing 175,000 windmills have deteriorated beyond repair. The college plans to add a ---;::course in windmill repair to its curriculum. - According to the college's Morgan Ras- -~ mussen, "Ranchers and farmers all over ~~:::«<·~"=:~:~ ~ are looking for ways to save on ·energy -~~ costs, and that explains the reason for the ~~,~~~~~~~~~1l~~~~~o~:.:..".'" present windmill comeback. Windmills are Save Energy: Save Money! by Sandra & Eugene Eccli, Dec. 1974, 40 pgs. Free from: The National Center for Community Action Network Services: Energy 1711 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 or from your county Energy Affairs Assistant (EAA) in your local Community Action Agency if you live in Washington state. See list this page. Well-illustrated, straightforward "howto-do-it" home energy conservation booklet by the co-editors of Alternative Sources of Energy magazine. More tips on how to save energy than most manuals supplied by utility companies: sealing the house against heat loss, getting heat where you need it when you want it, using the sun, furnaces-stovesfireplaces, appliance savings, do-it-yourself projects, what to do in emergencies. Includes a list of OEO Regional Offices who can help you winterize your home, get heating fuel and gasoline. Synerjy: A Directory ofEnergy Alternatives. $10 per year, twice yearly from: Jeff Twine, Publisher Synerjy P.O. Box 4790 Grand Central Station New York, N.Y. 10017 A real gold mine. Finally, a directorybibliography-index to publications, products and organizations dealing only with alternatives to conventional fossil fuel and atomic power; for those who have gotten past solar, wind and bioconversion basics and need help keeping up with the latest developments. Also covers geothermal, steam power, heat pipes, heat pumps, hydrogen, electric vehicles, fuel cells, direct energy conversion, waterpower, tidal power, energy storage. Better, more concise services. (How about a monthly or quarterly, Jeff?) much cheaper than conventional systems." (From AERO) . Wooden Windmill Blades $25 to $60 from: Thomas R. Conlon Aero Power Research Co. P.O. Box 2001 Burlingame, Ca. 94010 Straight, vertical-grained, kiln-dried Douglas fir or aircraft quality Sitka spruce blades of 5', 7'6" or 10' diameter. Supplied with complete balancing, finishing and mounting instructions and with complete plans for an economical wind generator. A Cost Comparison Between Large Scale Wind Electric Systems and Existing Generation Systems. Available from: Energy Center, OMSI 4015 S.W. Canyon Rd. Portland, Or. 97221 Statement presented to local FEA Project Independence hearings in Portland by Lee Johnson. Revised April1975. Staff Report on Wind Power, Sept. 1973. Free from: Bureau of Power Federal Power Commission Washington, D.C. 20426 Introductory pamphlet on windpower feasibility, with emphasis on SmithPutnam scale windmills connected to utility grids. Simplified Windpower Systems for Experimenters. 1975, by Jack Park. $6.00 from: Helion Box 4301 Sylmar, Ca. 91342 From basics to exotica gently yet completely in workbook format with example problems next to clear drawings and graphs. Angle of attack; relative wind, blade layout, aspect ratio ... all that will be clear enough to you when you're done reading that you'll be able to critique the plans you bought or design-it-yourself. Excellent for vocational and community college libraries. continued on page 8
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