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Toward a zero energy home : a complete guide to energy self-sufficiency at home / David Johnston & Scott Gibson.
Fine Arts Library TJ163.5.D86 J64 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, David, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dwellings--Energy conservation.
- Dwellings.
- Ecological houses.
- Physical Description:
- 250 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- Overview: A Zero Energy Home (ZEH) - a home that produces as much energy as it consumes - is an idea whose time has come! Authors David Johnston and Scott Gibson (Green from the Ground Up) explore the design and construction of self-sufficient houses from start to finish. They make the case for a ZEH; cite climate and geographic challenges; describe exactly how to go about building an energy-efficient home; and feature ten houses that were built for zero energy living. With unequaled knowledge and a passion for the subject, the authors walk readers through the process of building and living in a truly green home.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Case for zero energy houses
- Building Envelope
- Building science 101
- Learning from the passive house movement
- Diversity of framing practices
- Attic and roofing systems
- Insulation choices and strategies
- Testing the building
- Putting it all together
- Case study: High heat
- Case study: Butterfly home in the city
- Case study: Outside-in retrofit
- Passive Solar Design
- Passive solar in the 1970s
- Design process
- Choosing glazing
- Thermal mass
- Solar shading
- Principles of passive solar design
- Case study: PassivHaus retrofit
- Case study: Bringing 1887 into the 21st century
- Case study: Target zero house in Taos
- Renewable Energy
- From sunlight alone, clean electricity
- Harnessing the power of the wind
- Making hot water with the sun
- Sizing a renewable energy system
- Look at all the renewable energy options
- Case study: Good life in Vermont
- Case study: Next West house
- Case study: High-end lakeside retrofit
- Heating, Cooling, And Ventilation
- Options for heat
- Heat pumps provide both heating and cooling
- Electric-resistance heat can work in a net zero house
- Wood and other forms of biomass
- Getting heat around the house
- Keeping the house cool
- Ventilation for a healthy house
- Heating water
- Case study: Solar jewel in Boulder
- Case study: Reinventing the high rise
- Case study: All-electric house: $1.16 a day
- Living A Zero Energy Life
- It's not just low energy bills
- Gaining a new appreciation for energy
- Mechanical systems are more complicated
- Fighting the perceptions of high cost
- Marketing the zero energy house
- House that's also a classroom
- Case study: Affordable housing meets zero energy
- Appendix 1: Energy modeling software
- Appendix 2: Air changes per hour : 50 pascals of pressure
- Resources
- Credits
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781600851438
- 1600851436
- OCLC:
- 419869177
- Publisher Number:
- 071287 Taunton
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