Page 16 RAIN October 1976 ENERGY (sOLAR ) I've Got a Question about Solar Energy, 16 pp., May 1976, available free from: ERDA . Office of Public Affairs Washington, DC 20545 Everyone who has ever written RAIN about solar energy ought to write ERDA for a copy of this pamphlet. In a RAIN- · style info access format, the 11 mostasked sol~r questions are an~wered and addresses given for further queries. Highly recommended. (Suggested by Bill Rice, ERDA) (LJ) Solar Heating of Buildings and Domestic Hot Water, by E. J. Beck and R. L. Field, Technical Report R-83 5_, 80 pp., April 1976, free from: Civil Engineering Laboratory, Code L80 Naval Construction Battalio~ Center Port Hueneme, CA 93043 Much valuable material on a great variety of approaches to solar heating is dearly presented in brief yet effective descriptions and 15 pages of excellent dr~wings and sketches. Much attention is given to cost and energy savings calculations, and the authors include many charts and worksheets that the solar AlE rriay fill out, for a proposed solar building, in order to arrive at an overall cost estimate. Also contains a list of solar collector manufacturers and an excellent bibliography. (LJ) Washington State Soiar Home Survey~ for inclusion, contact: Bill Kingrey, Solar Survey Washington State Energy Office 1000 So. Cherry St. Olympia, WA 98504 206/753-0358 The Energy Office is conducting a survey of solar houses and solar-assisted houses with either passive or active systems in the state. Please contact Bill if you know of such a house. (LJ) The Solar Home Book,_ by Bruce Anderson, 304 pp., $7.50 from: Cheshire Books Church Hill · ·Harrisville, NH 03450 Buy this book, the best amid a now overwhelming flood of oftcrn jargony or plain redundant solar texts, if (1) you're an architect-engineer who_has begun to rediscover the ' 1more BTU per buck" potential of designing with ·the climate · and using direct (i.e. passive) solar techniques and you need more info; (2) · you're about to build or have an architect design your solar home, as it will enable you to understand what you should include to "build-it-yourself and to talk knowledgeably with your architect; or (3) you're simply interested in solar energy and want enjoyably to . find out more. The personal, caring touch shines through as Bruce and editor Michael Riordan have providedoptions for those not now·interested in large · . projects such as building a new solar home . , . they've included aspecial "do-it-yourself" section on small but very cost~ an_d energy-effective home projects such as solar water heaters and greenhouses. This excellent work by our friends at Total Environmental Action means we'll have to update our RAIN solar bibliographies again, but if we all keep this up we will definitely have a solar-based society before the .year 2000, which GE, Westingho·use and TRW reported unlikely-in 1974 studies for NSF ... studies on which . ERDA's continuing under-funding of solar, wind and bioc-onversion energy is based. But, then, they are major suppliers of nuclear power plants and . equipment and have too much invested in the atom to be unbiased and fair about things solar. (LJ) Passive Solar _Water Heater, by Horace McCracken, ~8 pp., May 1976, $6 postpaid from: Horace McCracken Rt. 1, Box 417 Alpine, CA 92000 Similar to Steve Baer's (ZOMEWORKS) "Breadbox" solar water heater, except that the insulated box has much larger tanks and the sides do not open at sunrise and close at sunset. This and the "Breadbox" plans (p. 19, May 1976 RAIN) are must items for direct solar hot water fans. If Horace designs anything else, we'll let you know. (~J) '76 ISES-SESCI Conference Proceedings, including 350 papers from August 1520, 1976, Winnipeg, Canada,·joint meeting of the International Solar Energy Society and the Solar Energy Society of Canada, Inc., $7.2'5 per volume (members), $8.25/vol. (non-members), full 10-volume set for $57.50 (member.~), $67.50 (non-members) from: '76.Conference Proceedings ·American Section-ISES 3-00 State Rd. 401 ·Cape Canaveral; FL 32920 _ Volumes are: (1) international and U.S. programs, solar flux; (2) solar collectors; (3) solar heating and cooling; (4) solar systems, simulation, design; (5) solar thermal and ocean thermal energy conversion; (6) photovoltaics and materials; (7) agriculture, biomass, wind, new developments; (8) storage, water heaters, data communication education; (9) socio-economics and cultural; and (10) business, commercial, poster section, . miscellaneous. If you're serious about. solar energy, ask for info on how to become an ISES member. (LJ) Water Heater Reinsulation Kit, contact: Johns-Manville · Greenwood Plaza Drawer-17L Denver, CO 80217 A simple, inexpensive and easy-to-use kit is available to reduce:; domestic water heater heat loss. Especially important if your water is partially solar heated, this is hundreds of dollars cheaper than buy- , ing one of the new water heaters specifically designed for solar HW use. A good idea whose time has come. Are there other similar kits available? (LJ) Steam Engines for Solar Pnwer Plants, write: Spilling Energi¢anlagen CH-5610 Wohlen-Sch weiz Switzerland 10-t"50 KW, :1200-1500 RPM or 100200'' KW, 900-1000 RPM "Steam Mo-. tors" are available in turnkey installations. (LJ)
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