SOLAR Special Report: HUD Solar Status, by Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 1978, free from: • Status Mail Box 1607 Rockville, MD 20850 This preliminary ·report outlines the progress of national solar standard~ efforts. It covers the current status of testing labs, the importance of .. •warranties, and the initial steps of setting up a certification system. -LJ P.lac e a. thermometer in $ Sunset Homeowner's Guide to Solar Heating, edited by Holly Antolini, 19,78, 96 pp., $2.95 from: Lane Publishing Co. Menlo Park, CA 94025 This is one of the b.est values I've seen yet among all the existing introductory solar home books. Covering all aspects of passive and active solar water and space heating in short technology summaries and exemplary homes, there are 70 drawings and 36 color photos that illuminate a wealth of easy-to-read info in non-technical language. Includes a ·well-thought-ou.t bibliography, a useful glossary and a compr~hensive. Maybe .it should have been titled "Everything You Wanted to Know About Solar Heating But Other Books All Cost Too Much to Buy." -LJ Paint botri boxes whi'te, or. cover them both wi'th white po.per. ~Qc.n • box and put them ~ ~ in fu< sun. i!V 1 .• • '~.=it 1111.... II !,•~-=., Record t~e tern pefO.t\Jrcs after 10 liY\inutcs, 20 minutes, a.nd 30 minutes. W,ho..t do you find? . c~~•- OTHER IDEAS TO-EXPLORE: c ' Tr~ thi& experln'le"t <1t different 'times durit19 the clot Doe'i> ti\is rnct\<.e a.nj diffe;et1ce? Acid o.~ overl'lo.r19 to bot~ bolles i Doe,;, #\is mAAe on) d.;ffe-rence? Ho\/,/ "!,/Ould the overhCln9 Cl.ffec.t -this exptrime,rt Q.t d.if1ere.,t -+,meio of~"e?inGJ --· - T,y COlrdbo..nL ~ • , o,u:r.l.,iqu « /· ,..,._, 0 (_) tiffere"~sixt5 "---'- -1 - 1.. to ,ec .if it ... i.e .,___..,.- & J.iffef'tflte. \JolllJ. o.. \-\ol..lSe witl-. a.. uJ~;+e roof be. c.ooler then 0.:. ~ v&e uf, ii-10-. , d<:\.rk roof ? W\.io..t a.bout" a.d.d. i ti~ irillulcttio,i iD 'flle. roof <1.Ni/or WQ.il:;? A,,J. whd::r dbout pO;."!>o;.i~ e. ~ed;".J o.Mc.oolil'\~ with ti,e wivid.ows, .l·,tft.<e<i+ c.olor!>, a.>'ld.. +-ree:;? RAIN's office is at 2270 N.W. Irving, Portland, OR 97210. Ph: (503) 227-5110. RAIN PhU Conti Linda Sawaya Lee Johnson STAFF: Steven Ames Lane deMoll Tom B.ender I Copyright © 1978 RAJN Umbrella Inc. Reprint by permission only ·I \ Typesetting:, Irish Setter Printing: Times Litho October 1978 RAIN Page 3 1 Heat~-ttn,.,.jl ,:b:,r, window 1 N+- ~s Drawing 40: G,.enllouH IINflng EarT11 p[a,,ti"',j be<:!., water-fill,, <!>-h!el dru-. ma-i ve fla>r, and hP""e UJIIII all "'~ "'un" lieaAttached solar.greenhouse is wonder worker: it heats itself by gathering and storing sun's heat, reradiating it at night; it also adds heat to main house by conduction thri waif and convection through doors, windows. If greenhouse's temperature swing is ' great, main house may be.if16Ulated from greenhouse, closed off at night to prevent , heat loss to gradually cooling greenhouse. If greenhouse-stores enough heat, or if ~ between house and greenhouse acts as Tromba wall (see page 17), house need not shut off, but may gather additional nighttime heat from green/louse. C.C.,vac:t~ Gurr~t pull~ GM air -ttlro<>9h ppen-riorth window, ~overllan9 p t... ve11t,. ,t:, reJea,-e ' _ h<:>tairfro"1 ~ N+- ---+-.S Drawing 41,: G,.enllo11H coo/Ing H,:,tairef.Gal pullin9 more e if fnorn 9reenl .,.,.,.~ 6reenh<>u.e heated t>,;'"' hdt air ri,-efo To avoid summer overheating, greenhouse's vents and windows, high on east and ~ sides and across front of overhang, are opened. Sun's heat creates "chimney effec hot air rises out of grHnhouse, pulling cooler air by convection In through house's , windows, 4C(OSS room, and through open doors and windows into greenhouse. Opa, overhang s,,.des house to prevent heat buildup in wall (especially tmponant If wall is not insulated from house). from SUNSET HOMEQWNER'S GUID COMMUNITY "The Ax of God Strikes Like Lightning" Rick Fields, New Age, April 1978, $1.50 from: New Age 32 Station Street Brookline, MA 02146 Community vs. Developers, Sausalito, CA, Round Seven-in which the Assistant District Attorney is quoted as saying, "I. don't give a shit what the law .is ... we're going to do this project." See who the officials answer to when the bucks are on (or under) ·the table. See a scruffy but real community win another round in the endless fight for survival. See "Acts of God" occur before your eyes. See if we can do better than this! -TB .
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