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Solar Design Resources

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. Maintained by David Eifler. 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.

EnvDesign NA2540.5.E58 2000

Graphic standards of solar energy / Spruille Braden III. Boston : CBI Pub. Co., c1977.

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.

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.

EnvDesign NA2794 .L581 1995

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

The solar economy : renewable energy for a sustainable global future / Hermann Scheer. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications, 2002.

EnvDesign TJ808 .S3313 2002

Solar energy resource guide / 3rd ed. Berkeley, CA : Northern California Solar Energy Association, 2002.

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/

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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DESIGN

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

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

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

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.

EnvDesign TH7414 .P29 1998 Disk Permanent Reserve

Solar building architecture / edited by Bruce Anderson. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1990.

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.

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.

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.

EnvDesign N7433.4.A64.S65 2002

Solar technologies for buildings / Ursula Eicker. Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2003.

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.

Env Design NA2542.3.B76 2001

Sunlighting as formgiver for architecture. Lam, William M. C. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.

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.

EnvDesign fNA2542.S6.S865 2001

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 in stacks

2002 Solar Home Tour Guide. Berkeley, CA : Northern California Solar Energy Association, 2002.

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.

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)

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].

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.

EnvDesign RA616 .C88 2000

Energy conscious architecture / [Carl Stein]. Washington, D.C. : National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, c2001.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

EnvDesign NA2542.S6 B43 1996

The solar economy: renewable energy for a sustainable global future / Hermann Scheer. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications, 2002.

EnvDesign TJ808 .S3313 2002

Solar energy in architecture and urban planning = Solarenergie in Architektur und Stadtplanung / Munich ; New York: Prestel, c1996.

EnvDesign NA2542.S6 S74 1996

Solar energy, technology policy, and institutional values / Frank N. Laird. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001

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.

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.

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.

EnvDesign TH7414 .K72 2001

Comfort in any climate / [Michael Reynolds]. Taos, N.M. : Solar Survival Press, c2000.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

EnvDesign TH7414.S65 2003

The solar house: passive heating and cooling / Daniel D. Chiras. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2002.

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.

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.

EnvDesign TJ810.B88, Moffitt TJ810.B88

History and overview of solar heat technologies / ed. Donald A. Beattie.Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1997.

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.

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 / Sustainable Architecture - 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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