Site Planning for Solar Access

Site Planning for Solar Access
Author: Duncan Erley
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1997-04
Genre:
ISBN: 0788141546

This manual is intended to guide developers, site planners, and builders in the design of residential developments for solar access. Planning for solar access means laying out buildings, roads, landscaping, and open space so that solar collectors, whether actually in place or merely planned for the future, can get direct sunlight to permit the use of solar energy for space heating, water heating, or air conditioning. Appendices: glossary, skyspace angles, shadow length tables and equation, and determining density. Extensive references. 120 charts and tables.

Environmental Site Layout Planning

Environmental Site Layout Planning
Author: P. J. Littlefair
Publisher: Bre Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2000
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Residential Solar Design Review

Residential Solar Design Review
Author: Martin S. Jaffe
Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research : U.S. Department of Energy
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1980
Genre: Architecture and solar radiation
ISBN:

The need for solar design review--What solar energy systems look like--Design strategies for solar buildings--Making design review more responsive to solar energy use.

Architectural Lighting

Architectural Lighting
Author: M. David Egan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Electric lighting
ISBN: 9780070205871

Contains an in-depth presentation of lighting fundamentals. This book focusses on both natural and artificial lighting and includes chapters on Design Tools and the Design Process. It also includes case studies, providing helpful exercises for the engineering student.