Page 10 RAIN Dec 1975 ENERGY continued from page 8 Natural Energy, ed. by Robin Clarke, quarterly, subscriptions via: Conservation Tools & Technology ( CTT) Association 143 Maple Road Surbiton, Surrey KT6 4BH England 01-549 5888 This secq,nd issue of Alternative Energy Sources, tfortunately renamed so as not to be confused with Alternative Sources of Energy in Milaca, MN, USA, features articles by the Vale duo on the autonomous house; on BRAD's do-it-yourself solar collector, on solar collector testing, and windmill costs-benefits. Perceptive book reviews, news items and letters to the editor round out this handy publication. The Enrrgy Index, free monthly from: Energy Index Sen. Mike Gravel 3317 Dirksen Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 As news stories, debates, votes and transcripts are entered in the Congressional Record, Sen. Gravel and his st'.aff will compile an index to nuclear and alternative energy information. Gitizens can subscribe to th'e Record ($45 per year) or read their public library's copy. Sen-. Gravel asks for citizens to send him any important energy items they see so that others a·cross the U.S. can learn about them quickly. Hopefully, we'll see much more on energy conservation. Energy Conservation Task Force " Report to Governor Straub, Nov. 24, 1975, available from: . Oregon Energy Office 528 Cottage St., N.E. Salem, OR 97 310 • 503-378-4040, -8445 Excellent suggestions by a 21-member citizen task force on the establishment of a·state energy conservation plan for the various sectors: residential, commercial-industrial, transportation, communications and agriculture. Full oJ good ideas and implementable, priactical methods. Vermont Firewood A task force led by R. Sam Lloyd (DVermont) has.released findings that there,is enough annual growth of cull or unmarketable wood in Vermont to •supply all the state's fuel requi~ements. On a prac!ical basis, wood burning would only supply 25% of the state's • energy needs. It would be an economical move to use wood as a fuel, as it would use 4.7 million tons of cull wood that otherwise rots. There is a test case now being planned. The state hospital at Waterbury will be converting to a wood-burning system. (No/ Man Apart) Solar Extended Abstracts of the 1915 International Solar Energy Congress & .Exposition will be available in the near future. To be put on the list to receive notification, write: ISES '7 5 Abstracts American Section, ISES c/o Smithsonian Radiation Biology Lab 12441 Parklawn Drive Rockville, MD 20852 Catalog of Solar Energy Heating and Cooling Projects, ERDA-75, Oct. 1975, single copies free from: _ ERDA Technical Information Center . P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN 37830' 251 solar equipment manufacturers listed by services/systems supplied, by state -and alphabetically. Bill Church, AIA Arch., Portland, OR; Long, Maxwell & Assoc., Tigard, OR; Steve Baer, Zomeworks, -Albuquerque, NM; and Malcolm Wells, Solar Service Corp., 306 Cranford Rd., Cherry Hills, NJ 08003, hopefully will be in the next revised issue. / SOUTtt Proceedings of Pre-Submission Con~ ference on Program Opportunity Announcement, DSE-75-1, and Program Opportunity Notice, DSE-75-2, Oct. 1975, free from: Solar POA/PON Conference Transcript Division of Solar Energy US-ERDA Washington, DC 20545 This unedited question and answer session will be very useful to any architect, engineer, city planner or solaroriented individual who is trying to figure out how all this solar energy ' demonstration-project money·at ERDA and.HUD will be spent. Financing costsharing, government procurement of solar equipment, ownership, retrofitting ... most of the questions are asked, and the answers are clearly stated. Vital for the solar library; also useful for its list of small and large solar firm/consultant attendees at the back. • Solar Energy and Building, by S. V. Szokolay, 1975, 148 pp.,_from Halsted Press Division John, Wiley & Sons, Inc. 605 Third Ave. New York, NY 10016 One of the better introductions to solar architecture, noteworthy for its welldone layout and design, which gets a lot of information across to the reader by excellent use of visuals: drawings, map~, designs. Even the graphs are unoppressiye. !tis comprehensive, with sections called: context and principles, collection methods, uses, sun and building, solar houses, planning impli·cations, economics & prospects, solar heat industry, design guide. Includes a gloss;uy and index. . NORTH Solstice EAST SUNS PATH
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