Current Texts

Part of this pathfinder's function is to provide current, informative and interesting materials for the user. Some of the more current and suggested literature is listed below.

• Boyle, Godfry, ed. Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future. New York: Oxford, 1996.
  Davis Library Stacks TJ808 .R42 1996

  This book "is aimed both at undergraduates studying the Open University's second level course Renewable Energy and at undergraduates in other Universities who are also studying renewables, perhaps with the aid of the learning resources in the in the Open University's Renewable Energy: a Resource Pack for Tertiary Education. We have also aimed to make the book accessible, wherever possible, to non-specialist interested in learning more about the subject." -from the Preface

• Fowler, Jeffrey, The Solar Electric Independent Home Book. Rev. ed., Worthington, MA: Fowler Solar Electric, Inc., 1991.
  D.H. Hill Library Stacks TK2960 .S65 1991
  A realistic approach to introducing solar electricity. Documents Jeffrey Fowler's project to "design and build an 1800 square foot passive solar house." Provides illustration, graphs, photographs, charts and glossary.

• Hestnes, Anne Grete, (et al.) eds. Solar Energy Houses: Strategies, Technologies, Examples. London: James & James, 1997.
  D.H. Library Stacks TH7414 .S656 1997
  Presents reader with several examples of solar homes, their design, energy consumption, and evaluation. Includes photographs, blueprints, diagrams and charts.

• Kachadorian, James, The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat & Cool Your Home. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1997.
  D.H. Hill Library Stacks TH7414 .K33 1997
  Recommended Reading from the 1997 edition of Bibliographic Guide to Technology. This is a book that anyone interested in passive solar homes must read or own. The author goes into great detail of his own experiences (what worked for him, what didn't and why). Many helpful hints, photographs, diagrams, blueprints, and list of tools needed and worksheets to follow as you go.