Solar Design Resources
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This is a guide to selected resources on Solar Design issues with strategies for locating materials at the University of California, Berkeley libraries and on the Internet.
For additional assistance consult the Environmental
Design Library reference staff and other research guides on this website.
Compiled by Susan Koskinen. Content reviewed: September 2006.
Reference Sources
Use Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks for terminology, history, and development.
See Electronic Resources for more titles.
- Environmental site layout planning:
solar access, microclimate and passive cooling in urban areas /
P J Littlefair...[et al.] London : BRE Publications, 2000.
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EnvDesign NA2540.5.E58
2000
- Graphic standards of solar energy / Spruille Braden III. Boston : CBI Pub. Co., c1977.
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EnvDesign TH7413 . B71
// Engin TH7413 .B71
- The passive solar design and construction
handbook / Steven Winter Associates; edited by Michael J. Crosbie.
New York: Wiley, c1998.
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EnvDesign TH7414 .P254 1998
- Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight : a guide
to good practice / PJ Littlefair. Repr. with corrections. Watford :
Building Research Establishment, 1995.
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EnvDesign NA2794 .L581 1995
- Solar angle reference manual / Ron Sibson. New York
: Wiley, c1983. LBL Bldg 90 TJ810 .S56 1983.
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EnvDesign TJ810 .S48524 1983 Reference and UCB Astr/Math
TJ810 .S48524 1983
- The solar economy : renewable energy for a sustainable
global future / Hermann Scheer. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan
Publications, 2002.
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EnvDesign TJ808 .S3313 2002
- Solar energy resource guide / 3rd ed. Berkeley,
CA : Northern California Solar Energy Association, 2002.
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EnvDesign TJ810 .S626 2002
- Solar radiation data manual for buildings / Golden,
Colo.: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, [1995] NREL/TP ; 463-7904.Includes solar radiation graph and climatic conditions by state and
location.
- Online ed.: http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/pubs/bluebook/
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Print ed.: EnvDesign TJ810.5.M37 1995 Reference
- Solar Radiation
Data - from the National Renewable
Energy Lab. Includes solar resource information and data. -- Solar
Radiation Data Manual for Buildings - complete text
- http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/
- Sun Angle Calculator - SunAngle computes the position of the sun and related information for
a given location, date, and time. This information may be useful in building
design, solar energy system design, photography, and other applications.
- http://www.susdesign.com/sunangle/
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- Building-integrated photovoltaic designs for commercial
and institutional structures: a sourcebook for architects /
Patrina Eiffert, Gregory J. Kiss. BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaic)
Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February 2000.
AVAILABLE ONLINE.
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EnvDesign TK1087 .E54 2000
- Designing
with solar power: a source book for building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) / editors, Deo Prasad & Mark Snow. Mulgrave, Vic. : Images ; London
; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005. Includes case studies on design buildings
with solar power. Includes heating, climatic characteristics, and building
data.
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EnvDesign TK1087.D47 2005
- Going solar: understanding
and using the warmth in sunlight / written and illustrated by Tomm Stanley
; photography by Tomm. Christchurch, New Zealand : Stonefield Publishing
; White River Junction, Vt. : Distributed in North America by Chelsea Green,
2004. Concise guide to solar energy.
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EnvDesign TH7413.S696 2004
- Passive
Solar Design - from Sustainable Sources.com.
- http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/PassiveSol.html
- Passive solar design strategies: guidelines for home building,
San Francisco, California / Passive Solar Industries Council, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Charles Eley Associates. 1990 to 1998.
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EnvDesign TH7414 .P29 1998 Disk Permanent Reserve
- Solar building architecture / edited by Bruce Anderson.
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1990.
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EnvDesign TH7413 .S65 1990
- Solar radiation and daylight models for the energy efficient
design of buildings / T. Muneer; with a chapter on Solar spectral radiation
by H.Kambezidis. 1st ed. Oxford; Boston: Architectural Press, 1997.
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EnvDesign NA2542.S6 M86 1997 CD-ROM on Permanent
Reserve; book in stacks
- Solar radiation and daylight
models / T. Muneer ; with a chapter...
2nd ed. Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, c2004.
Emphasis largley UK but includes spectral data and slope radiation charts.
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EnvDesign NA2542.S6.M86 2004
- Solar-projections version 1.0 / Silvina Apfeld, Balz
Mueller. Los Angeles, Calif.: SCI-Arc Public Access Press, c2002. Public
Access Press series; no. 43.
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EnvDesign N7433.4.A64.S65 2002
- Solar technologies for
buildings / Ursula Eicker. Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2003.
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EnvDesign TH7413.E3313 2003
- Sun, wind & light : architectural design strategies / G.Z. Brown, Mark DeKay; illustrations, Virginia Cartwright. 2nd ed. New
York : J. Wiley, c2001. Includes data, design drawings, wind catchers,
solar information.
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Env Design NA2542.3.B76 2001
- Sunlighting as formgiver for architecture.
Lam, William M. C. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.
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EnvDesign NA2542.S6 L351 1986
- Sunwall design competition : United States Department of Energy national solar
design competition / [sponsored by U.S. Dept.
Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July 2001.
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EnvDesign fNA2542.S6.S865 2001
- Tap the sun : passive solar techniques and home designs. [2nd ed.]. [Ottawa] : Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation, c1998.
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EnvDesign TH414 .T36 1998 CD-ROM Permanent
Reserve, book in stacks
- 2002 Solar Home Tour Guide. Berkeley, CA : Northern
California Solar Energy Association, 2002.
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EnvDesign TH7414 A18 2002
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Solar Access and Planning
- Protecting solar access : a guidebook for California communities /American Planning Association. Sacramento: Calif. Energy Commission,
1980.
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Env Design TH7414.A4 Library has: [v.1-2]
- Shadow ban shapes San Francisco buildings / Terry
Jill Lassar. IN: Urban land. Vol. 47, no. 10 (Oct. 1988)
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IGS A9507 v.47, no.10 Oct. 1988
- Smart communities Network - Green Building Codes/Ordinances - Solar Access Protection
- http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/buildings/gbcodtoc.shtml#solar
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Energy
- An editor's and reporter's guide to solar energy in California
: the forgotten solution to the energy crisis / David Bainbridge. San
Diego, CA :United States International University, [2001].
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EnvDesign TH7414 .B35 2001
- Cutting the cost of cold : affordable warmth for healthier
homes / edited by Janet Rudge & Fergus Nicol. London New York :
E & FN Spon, c2000.
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EnvDesign RA616 .C88 2000
- Energy conscious architecture / [Carl Stein].
Washington, D.C. : National Council of Architectural Registration
Boards, c2001.
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EnvDesign NA2542.3 .S74 2001 Reference
- Energy efficient buildings: architecture, engineering,
and environment / Dean Hawkes and Wayne Forster. 1st American ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.
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EnvDesign NA2542.3 .H39 2002
- Energy in architecture: the European passive solar handbook / edited by John R. Goulding, J. Owen Lewis, Theo C.Rev. ed. London
: B.T. Batsford for the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate
General XII for Science, Research and Development, 1992.
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EnvDesign NA2542.3.E647 1992.
On 2 hour reserve
- Power with nature: alternative energy solutions for homeowners / Rex A. Ewing. Updated 2nd ed. Masonville, CO: PixyJack Press, c2006. Online table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005032665.html. Includes solar, wind, hyro, heating, off-grid, grid-tie, bibliographys, glossary, and resources.
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EnvDesign TJ809.4.E95 2006
- Residential manual : for compliance with the 1998 energy
efficiency standards (for low-rise residential buildings. Sacramento,
Calif.: California Energy Commission, 1999.
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EnvDesign TJ163.5.D86 R468 1999 Reference
- Sol power: the evolution of solar architecture / Sophia and Stefan Behling ; in collaboration with Bruno Schindler; foreword
by Sir Norman Foster. Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1996.
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EnvDesign NA2542.S6 B43 1996
- The solar economy: renewable energy for a sustainable
global future / Hermann Scheer. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications,
2002.
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EnvDesign TJ808 .S3313 2002
- Solar energy in architecture and urban planning =
Solarenergie in Architektur und Stadtplanung / Munich ; New York:
Prestel, c1996.
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EnvDesign NA2542.S6 S74 1996
- Solar energy, technology policy, and institutional values / Frank N. Laird. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001
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Envi Design TJ810.L32 2001
- Solar radiation and daylight models for the energy efficient
design of buildings / T. Muneer; with a chapter on Solar spectral radiation
by H Kambezidis. Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 1997.
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EnvDesign NA2542.S6 M86 1997 CD-ROM Permanent Reserve;
book in stacks
- Solar architecture and planning / editor, Santosh
Ghosh ; associates, Ranajit Gupta, Sumita Gupta. Calcutta : Centre for
Built Environment, 1997.
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EnvDesign NA2542.S6 S67 1997
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Solar Heating & Photovoltaics
- CEPHEUS : Wohnkomfort ohne Heizung = Living comfort without
heating / Herausgeber und Hauptautoren:
Helmut Krapmeier, Eckart Drossler ; unter Mitwirkung von: Ignacio
Martinez . [et al.] ; [Ubersetzungen:.Wien; New York : Springer, c2001.
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EnvDesign TH7414 .K72 2001
- Comfort in any climate / [Michael Reynolds].
Taos, N.M. : Solar Survival Press, c2000.
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EnvDesign TJ163.5.D86 R49 2000
- Passive solar commercial and institutional buildings :
a sourcebook of examples and design insights /
International Energy Agency; principal editor, S.R. Hastings. Chichester;
New York : J. Wiley, c1994.
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EnvDesign TH7413 .P367 1994
- The passive solar house / James Kachadorian.
White River Junction, Vt. :Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c1997.
EnvDesign TH7414 K33 1997
- Photovoltaics and architecture / edited by Randall
Thomas. London ; New& York : Spon Press, 2001
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EnvDesign TK1087 P4845 2001
- Photovoltaics in buildings : a design handbook for architects
and engineers / principal editors, Friedrich Sick, Thomas Erge.
London : James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd., c1996.
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EnvDesign TK8322 .P4 1996
- Photovoltaics in the built environment : a design guide
for architects and engineers / Washington, D.C. :U.S. Dept. of
Energy, 1997.
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EnvDesign TK1087 .P48526 1997
- Practical photovoltaics: electricity from solar cells / Richard J. Komp; introduction by John Perlin. 3rd ed. Ann
Arbor, Mich.: Aatec Publications, 1995.
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EnvDesign TK2960 .K65 1995
- Solar heating systems
for houses : a design handbook for solar combisystems / editor, Werner
Weiss. London : James & James, c2003. A solar combisystem is the combination
of domestic hot water preparation and space heating. This book was published
in the UK, it offers current areas of practice and design, performance
data, case studies with photos and drawing details.
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EnvDesign TH7414.S65 2003
- The solar house: passive heating and cooling / Daniel
D. Chiras. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2002.
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EnvDesign TH7414 .C475 2002
Search Terms
For finding books in the library catalogs and articles in the article indexes.
Architecture and solar radiation
Dwellings--Energy conservation
Photovoltaic power systems
Renewable energy sources
Shades and shadows
Solar access rights
Solar houses
Solar energy
Sustainable development
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History
- From space to Earth: the story of solar electricity / John Perlin. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Aatec Publications, 1999.
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EnvDesign TH1085.P47 1999
- A golden thread: 2500 years of
solar architecture and technology / Ken Butti and John Perlin
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,1980.
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EnvDesign TJ810.B88, Moffitt TJ810.B88
- History and overview of solar heat
technologies / ed. Donald A. Beattie.Cambridge, Mass.:
MIT Press, 1997.
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Engin TJ810 .H57 1997
- Who owns the sun? : people, politics,
and the struggle for a solar economy / Daniel M. Berman and John T.
O'Connor. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c1996.
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Moffitt HD9681.U62 B47
1996
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Links
- American Solar Energy Society
(ASES) is dedicated to advancing the use of solar energy. ASES
sponsors the National Solar Energy Conference, publishes SOLAR TODAY magazine
and Advances in Solar Energy, publishes white papers, sponsors issue Roundtables
in Washington, DC, distributes solar publications, organizes a Solar Action
Network and has regional chapters throughout the country. ASES is
the United States Section of the International Solar Energy Society.
See also NCSEA.
- http://www.ases.org/
- ASHRAE - American society
of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers - you
can search this site for solar energy or solar radiation. The ASHRAE
Green Guide includes a chapter on solar energy.
Print ed.: ENVI TH880 A84 2003.
- http://www.ashrae.org
- California Energy
Commission - Web Directory - Solar Energy - contains links to resources.
- http://www.energy.ca.gov/
- California
Solar Center
- http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/index.html
- Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), Part of EERE. Many online (PDF) publications available for downloading.
- http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/
- http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/
- Northern California
Solar Energy Association (NCSEA) - a chapter
of the ASES.
- http://www.energy.ca.gov
- Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - U.S.
Department of Energy. Solar Energy - includes photovoltaics, etc.
- http://www.eere.energy.gov/
- Renewable Resource Data
Center - The RReDC provides information on several types of renewable
energy resources in the United States, in the form of publications, data,
and maps. An extensive dictionary of renewable energy related terms is
also provided. The News section announces new products on the RReDC. -- Solar Radiation Resource Center
- http://rredc.nrel.gov/
- Solar Energy International (SEI) - SEI is a nonprofit
(501(c)3) organization whose mission is to provide education and technical
assistance so that others will be empowered to use renewable energy technologies.
- http://www.solarenergy.org/
- Solar Living
Institute http://www.solarliving.org/ & the
Solar Living Center http://www.solarliving.org/online-tour/design-landscape/
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Research Guides
Here is a selection of guides to research materials with related information.
- Building
Codes & Regulatory Resources - for locating codes, especially for California and the San Francisco
Bay Area, in the UC Berkeley libraries and on the Internet. This
guide provides links to many full-text resources.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Codes.html
- Climatic
Design Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_climate.html
- Daylighting
& Lighting - for resources on daylighting or natural lighting, site planning,
performance measurement, technology, materials etc.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Daylighting.html
- Green Design Resources - for information on this topic and strategies
for locating newer resources as they become available.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html
- HVAC - Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning information
resources.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/HVAC.html
- Sundials
- Resources - for history, site planning, and design of sundials as they relate to
daylighting and solar energy in architecture.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Sundials.html
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