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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 guides from ENVI.
Compiled by Susan Koskinen

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1. Encyclopedia Britannica online
http://search.eb.com/
2. Environmental site layout planning: solar access, microclimate and passive cooling in urban areas / P J Littlefair...[et al.] London : BRE Publications, 2000.
EnvDesign NA2540.5.E58 2000
3. Graphic standards of solar energy / Spruille Braden III. Boston : CBI Pub. Co., c1977.
EnvDesign TH7413 . B71 *c2 copies // Engin TH7413 .B71
4. The passive solar design and construction handbook /Steven Winter Associates; edited by Michael J. Crosbie. New York: Wiley, c1998.
EnvDesign TH7414 .P254 1998
5. Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight : a guide to good practice / PJ Littlefair. Repr. with corrections. Watford : Building Research Establishment, 1995.
EnvDesign NA2794 .L581 1995
6. Solar angle reference manual / Ron Sibson. New York : Wiley, c1983. LBL Bldg 90 TJ810 .S56 1983.
EnvDesign TJ810 .S48524 1983 Reference and UCB Astr/Math TJ810 .S48524 1983
7. The solar economy : renewable energy for a sustainable global future /Hermann Scheer. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications, 2002.
EnvDesign TJ808 .S3313 2002
8. Solar energy resource guide. 3rd ed. Berkeley, CA : Northern California Solar Energy Association, 2002.
EnvDesign TJ810 .S626 2002
9. Solar radiation data manual for buildings. Golden, Colo.: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [1995] NREL/TP ; 463-7904. Solar Radiation Data Manual for Buildings - complete text. http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/. Includes solar radiation graph and climatic conditions by state and location.
EnvDesign TJ810.5.M37 1995 Reference
10. Solar Radiation Data - from the National Renewable Energy Lab. Includes solar radiation & climate data. -- Solar Radiation Data Manual for Buildings - complete text
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/
11. 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/

1. 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
EnvDesign TK1087 .E54 2000
2. New 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.
EnvDesign TK1087.D47 2005
3. New 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. 
EnvDesign TH7413.S696 2004
4. Passive Solar Design - from Green Builder.com and the Sustainable Building Sourcebook.
http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/PassiveSol.html
5. 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.
EnvDesign TH7414 .P29 1998 Disk Perm Reserve
6. Solar building architecture / edited by Bruce Anderson. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1990.
EnvDesign TH7413 .S65 1990
7. 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.
EnvDesign NA2542.S6 M86 1997 CD-ROM on Perm Reserve; book in stacks Book + CD-ROM
8. New Solar radiation and daylight models : (with software available from companion web site) / 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. Companion web site: http://www.bh.com/companions/0750659742.
EnvDesign   NA2542.S6.M86 2004
9. Solar-projections version 1.0/ Silvina Apfeld, Balz Mueller.Los Angeles, Calif.: SCI-Arc Public Access Press, c2002. Public Access Press series; no. 43
EnvDesign N7433.4.A64.S65 2002
10. New Solar technologies for buildings / Ursula Eicker. Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2003.
EnvDesign TH7413.E3313 2003
11. 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. http://sunwindlight.net
Env Design NA2542.3.B76 2001
12. Sunlighting as formgiver for architecture. Lam, William M. C. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.
EnvDesign NA2542.S6 L351 1986 copy 1 noncirculating
13. 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. Available  in .pdf format. URL: http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv/hotline/sunwall.pdf 
EnvDesign   fNA2542.S6.S865 2001
14. Tap the sun : passive solar techniques and home designs. [2nd ed.]. [Ottawa] : Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation, c1998.
EnvDesign TH414 .T36 1998 CD-ROM Permanent Reserve [book + CD-ROM]
15. 2002 Solar Home Tour Guide. Berkeley, CA : Northern California Solar Energy Association, 2002.
EnvDesign TH7414 A18 2002

1. Protecting solar access : a guidebook for California communities /American Planning Association. Sacramento: Calif. Energy Commission, 1980.
Env Design TH7414.A4 Library has: [V.1-2]
2. Shadow ban shapes San Francisco buildings / Terry Jill Lassar. IN: Urban land. Vol. 47, no. 10 (Oct. 1988) 
IGS A9507 v.47, no.10 Oct. 1988
3. Smart communities Network - Green Building Codes/Ordinances - Solar Access Protection
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/buildings/gbcodtoc.shtml#solar

1. 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].
EnvDesign TH7414 .B35 2001
2. Cutting the cost of cold : affordable warmth for healthier homes / edited by Janet Rudge & Fergus Nicol. London New York : E & FN Spon, c2000.
EnvDesign RA616 .C88 2000 
3. Energy conscious architecture / [Carl Stein].  Washington, D.C. : National  Council of Architectural Registration Boards, c2001.
EnvDesign NA2542.3 .S74 2001 Reference
4. Energy efficient buildings: architecture, engineering, and environment / Dean Hawkes and Wayne Forster. 1st American ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.
EnvDesign NA2542.3 .H39 2002
5. 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.
EnvDesign NA2542.3.E647 1992. On 2 hour reserve
6. New Power with nature: alternative energy solutions for homeowners / Rex A. Ewing. Updated 2nd ed. Masonville, CO: PixyJack Press, c2006. Table of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005032665.html. Includes solar, wind, hyro, heating, off-grid, grid0tied, bibliographys, glossary, adn resources.
   EnvDesign TJ809.4.E95 2006
7. Residential manual : for compliance with the 1998 energy efficiency standards (for low-rise residential buildings. Sacramento, Calif.: California Energy Commission, 1999.
EnvDesign TJ163.5.D86 R468 1999 Ref
8. 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.
EnvDesign NA2542.S6 B43 1996
9. The solar economy: renewable energy for a sustainable global future /Hermann Scheer. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications, 2002.
EnvDesign TJ808 .S3313 2002
10. Solar energy in architecture and urban planning = Solarenergie in Architektur und Stadtplanung / Munich ; New York: Prestel, c1996.
EnvDesign NA2542.S6 S74 1996 *c2 copies
11. Solar energy, technology policy, and institutional values / Frank N. Laird. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Envi Design TJ810.L32 2001
12. 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.
EnvDesign NA2542.S6 M86 1997 CD-ROM on Permanent Reserve; book in stack
13. Solar architecture and planning / editor, Santosh Ghosh ; associates, Ranajit Gupta, Sumita Gupta. Calcutta : Centre for Built Environment, 1997.
EnvDesign NA2542.S6 S67 1997

1. 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.
EnvDesign TH7414 .K72 2001
2. Comfort in any climate / [Michael Reynolds]. Taos, N.M. : Solar Survival Press, c2000.
EnvDesign TJ163.5.D86 R49 2000
3. 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.
EnvDesign TH7413 .P367 1994
4. The passive solar house / James Kachadorian. White River Junction, Vt. :Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c1997.
EnvDesign TH7414 K33 1997
5. Photovoltaics and architecture / edited by Randall Thomas. London ; New& York : Spon Press, 2001
EnvDesign TK1087 P4845 2001
6. Photovoltaics in buildings : a design handbook for architects and engineers / principal editors, Friedrich Sick, Thomas Erge. London : James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd., c1996.
EnvDesign TK8322 .P4 1996
7. Photovoltaics in the built environment : a design guide for architects and engineers. Washington, D.C. :U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1997.
EnvDesign TK1087 .P48526 1997
8. Practical photovoltaics: electricity from solar cells / Richard J. Komp; introduction by John Perlin. 3rd ed. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Aatec Publications, 1995.
EnvDesign TK2960 .K65 1995
9. New 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.
EnvDesign TH7414.S65 2003
10. The solar house: passive heating and cooling / Daniel D. Chiras. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2002.
EnvDesign TH7414 .C475 2002

1. From space to Earth: the story of solar electricity / John Perlin. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Aatec Publications, 1999.
EnvDesign TH1085.P47 1999
2. A golden thread: 2500 years of solar architecture and technology / Ken Butti and John Perlin New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,1980.
EnvDesign TJ810.B88 // Moffitt TJ810.B88
3. History and overview of solar heat technologies /ed. Donald A. Beattie.Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1997.
Engin TJ810 .H57 1997
4. 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.
Moffitt HD9681.U62 B47 1996

1. 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/
2. 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. ENVI TH880 A84 2003.
http://www.ashrae.org
3. California Energy Commission - Web Directory - Solar Energy - contains links to resources.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/
4. California Solar Center
http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/index.html
5. Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), Part of EERE. Many online (PDF) publications available for downloading.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/
6. Northern California Solar Energy Association (NCSEA) - a chapter of the ASES
http://www.energy.ca.gov/
7. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) -U.S. Department of Energy.  Solar Energy - includes photovoltaics etc.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
8. 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/
9. Solar Energy International - Solar Energy International (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/
10. Solar Living Institute & the Solar Living Center
http://www.solarliving.org/overview.cfm

• Building Codes & Regulatory Resources This is a guide to 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/climate.html
• Daylighting & Lighting This is a guide to resources on daylighting or natural lighting, site planning, performance measurement, technology, materials etc.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Daylighting.html
• Green Design / Sustainable Architecture - This guide will lead you to information on this topic and give you strategies for locating newer materials 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 - This is a guide to resources on the 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