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I purchased this book on July 16, 1979. This is the bible in our office that we turn to for beginning earth sheltered or other passive deisgn/ sustainable homes. Sven Erik Alstrom / Ecological Architecture P.A., Lawrence, Kansas.
Contents
The Sun and Earththe origin of the sun solar radi | 5 |
NATURAL PROCESSES ation radiation and the earths atmosphere | 13 |
Approaches to Solar Heating | 28 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Passive Solar Energy Book |
| Author | Edward Mazria |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Rodale Press, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 6, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0878572384, 9780878572380 |
| Length | 687 pages |
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