Page 2 RAIN December 1977 RAIN access C SOLAR ) Mean Monthly Net Heat Transfer Through Windows, Ken Cooper, presented at Solar Energy Update '77 Conference, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Aug. 22-24, 1977, single copies $1 from: ECON, Energy Conservation Advisors No. 6-2636 Yukon St. Vancouver, BC V5Y 3P8 Canada M,ore evidence, abet calculated, that south-facing windows are effective solar collectors even in fairly severe climates like Edmonton's. From the conclusions: "Shutt~red double glazings are recommended for sun-collecting windows. Quadruple glazings should only be considered in north-facing windows as they are net heat losers compared to triple or shuttered double glazings in sun-collecting windows." -Chris Mattock How to Predict Interior Daylight Illumination, $1 from: Libbey-Owens-Ford Company Merchandising Department P-1 811 Madison Avenue Toledo, OH 43695 A handy manual for designing daylighting in buildings, with simple and detailed calculations and special procedures for rooms with shading, two-sided illumination, etc. From the folks who brought you the Sun Angle Calculator. -TB A Preliminary Assessment of the Unique Features ofa Parabolic Aquaculture/ Greenhouse, Davis Straub with Evan Brown, and The Effect of Solar Energy on Aquaculture Support: A Preliminary Assessment, Elizabeth Coppinger, $2 for both from: Ecotope Group 2332 E. Madison Seattle, WA 98112 Presented at the Marlboro (Vermont) Solar Greenhouse Conference, these papers are the latest on Ecotope's continuing path-breaking work in this area. Conducted at Pragtree Farm in Arlington, Wash., under a cooperative agreement with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service "Solar Heating & Cooling of Greenhouses & Rural Residences" Program, it's another example that we have much to learn about solar biology as well as solar mechanics. Their useful integration is an occurrence that we can expect to see more of in the solar world before us, as we finally come to respect the work natural systems will do for humanity if we only design the life-provoking niches they need to do so. A self-addressed, stamped envelope will get you their entire publications list, including bioconversion (dairy methane plant), various renewable energy studies for state and city govts, etc. -LJ Solar Greenhouse Annotated Bibliography and Plans List, 2nd edition, July 1977, free from: National Solar Info Center Box 1607 Rockville, MD 20850 (call toll-free 800/523-2929) A very comprehensive list, with many items I've not seen before and with addresses for 11 directly useful plans. If you're into this area, be sure to check this out. Ask for their complete publications list. It's free, too. -LJ C ) 135 kw, 72' dia., 3-bladed WECS, for details send SASE to the designer: Charles Schackle Moses Lake Airport Moses Lake, WA 98837 509/765-9696 This independent inventor has built the largest wind generator existing in the PNW, as a production prototype for a larger, 120' rotor radius wind turbine planned for summer 197 8. This 1000 hp version will be designed to pump water for irrigation and for electricity production in conjunction with hydroelectric dams at an estimated cost of l.2ct/kwhr. The 72' diameter model produces 250 hp (135 kw) at 26 mph rated windspeed, via hydraulic coupling to a generator, with upwind blades atop a tower which turns on tracks in a concrete base, similar to the 1931 Russian WECS located at Yalta on the Black Sea. Why doesn't BPA buy 5 or 10 and test them out? -LJ "Wind Energy Heating Research Project," a joint project of Puget Sound Power & Light, Snohomish County PUD and John Strickler, Jr., for a 4page pamphlet send a SASE to: John Strickler, Jr. 338 N. Wind Sun Way Camano Island, WA 98292 As far as I know, this is the only wind heating work being done in the PNW; it and Habitat I at the Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, are the only major ones we've got to go on until the USDAARS projects mentioned on page 15 are funded. We'd like to hear about others. -LJ
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