Publications
Green Energy Sources
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Brown, Michael and Shari Prange, Convert It How-To Manual, 

Hackelman, Michael, The New Electric Vehicles: A Clean & Quiet Revolution, Home Power Publishing, Ashland, OR, 272pp., PB, ISBN 0-9629588-7-5.

Perrin, Noel, Life with an Electric Car, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1994, 217pp, PB, ISBN 0-87156-497-1

Butti, Ken and John Perlin, A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology, Cheshire Books, Palo Alto, 1980, pp289, ISBN 0-442-24005-8 PB.

Behrman, Daniel, Solar Energy: The Awakening Science, Little Brown and Company, Boston / Toronto, 1976, ISBN 0-316-08771-8 PB.

Berger, John J., Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What It Means for America, Henry Holt, New York, 1997, ISBN 0-8050-3771-3 HB.

Berman, Daniel and John T. O'Connor, Who Owns the Sun: People Politics, and the Struggle for the Solar Economy, Chelsea Green, White River, Vermont, 1996, ISBN 0-930031-86-5 HB.

Clark, Wilson, Energy for Survival: The Alternative to Extinction, Anchor / Doubleday, New York, 1975, ISBN 0-385-03564-0 PB.

Cole, Nancy and P. J. Skerrett, Renewables Are Ready : People Creating Renewable Energy Solutions, Chelsea Green, White River, Vermont, 1995, ISBN 09-3003-173-3 PB.

Daniels, Farrington, The Direct Use of the Sun's Energy, Ballentines Books, New York, 1964, SBN 345-23794-3-195 PB.

Flavin, Christopher, and Nicholas Lenssen. Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution, New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 1994. 

Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas, Energy and Economic Myths: Institutional and Analytical Economic Essays, Pergamon Press, New York, 1976, ISBN 0-08-021027-9 PB.

Hayes, Dennis, Rays of Hope: The Transition to a Post-Petroleum World, W. W. Norton and Company, New York, 1977.

Johansson, Thomas et al editors, Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity, Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1993, ISBN 1-55963-139-2 HB, 1-55963-138-4 PB.

Lovins, Amory B., Soft Energy Paths: Toward a Durable Peace, Friends of the Earth, San Francisco, 1977, ISBN 0-88410-614-4 HB, 0-88410-615-2 PB.

Lovins, Amory B., World Energy Strategies: Facts, Issues and Options, Friends of the Earth, San Francisco, 1975, ISBN 0-913890-09-X PB.

Lovins, Amory B., Non-Nuclear Futures: The Case for an Ethical Energy Strategy, Friends of the Earth, San Francisco, 1975, ISBN 0-88410-602-0 HB, 0-88410-603-9 PB.

Odum, Howard T, and Elisabeth C. Odum, The Energy Basis for Man and Nature, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976, ISBN 0-07-047531-8 HB, 0-07-047527-X PB.

Peet, John, Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability, Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1992, ISBN 1-55963-161-9 HB, 1-55963-160-0 PB.

Rifkin, Jeremy, Entropy: A New World View, Viking Press, New York, 1980, ISBN 0-670-29717-8 HB.

Schaeffer, John and The Real Goods Staff, The Solar Living Source Book: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies & Sustainable Living, Chelsea Green, White River, Vermont, 1996, ISBN 0-930031-82-2 PB.

Singh, Madahjeet, The Timeless Energy of the Sun: for Life and Peace with Nature, Sierra Club Books, 1998, 207p., color photos, ISBN: 1-57805-015-4

Sklar, Scott and Kenneth Sheinkopf, Consumer Guide to Solar Energy, Bonus Books, 1995, 188p., illus., ISBN: 0-929387-23-6.

Solar Today, A Bi-monthly Publication of The American Solar Energy Society, Boulder, CO.

Weizsacker, Ernst von, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth ~ Halving Resource Use, Earthscan Publications, London, 1997, ISBN 1-85383-407-6.

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Anderson, Bruce, The New Solar Home Book, Brick House Publishing Co., Andover, Maine, 1987.

Bainbridge, David, Judy Corbett & John Hofacre, Village Homes' Solar House Designs, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 1979.

Balcomb, J. Douglas, Ed., Passive Solar Buildings, MIT Press, Boston, MA, 1992, 528 p., illus., ISBN: 0-262-02341-5

Crowther, Richard L., FAIA, Affordable Passive Solar Homes: Low Cost Compact Designs, SciTech, 1984, 188 p., illus., ISBN 0-916653-00-5

Crowther, Richard L., FAIA, SUN-EARTH: Sustainable Design, 1994, 255p.,

Egan, M. David, Concepts in Thermal Comfort, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1975, ISBN 0-13-166447-6 HB.

Kachadorian, James, The Passive Solar House - Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home, Chelsea Green Publishing, 1997, 220p., illus., photos, ISBN: 0-930031-97-0

Mazria, Edward, The Passive Solar Energy Book: A complete guide to passive solar home, greenhouse and building design, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 1979, ISBN 0-87857-260-0 HB, 0-87857-237-6 PB.

McHarg, Ian L., Design with Nature, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1991.

Miller, Thayer, Burke, Buildings for a Sustainable America: Case Studies, American Solar Energy Society, Boulder, CO, 1997.

Olgyay, Victor, Design with Climate: A Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1992

Potts, Michael, and John Schaeffer, The Independent Home: Living Well with Power form the Sun, Wind and Water, Real Goods, 1993,

Simon, Maron J. and Talbot Hamlin, Your Solar House, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1947. Sponsored by a glass manufacturer to promote it's product, this book of "practical home plans for all parts of the country by 49 of America's leading architects" was published more than fifty years ago. However, due to limited understanding of passive solar design principles by the architects, many of these designs would not have performed well.

Stein, Richard G., Architecture and Energy: Conserving Energy Through Rational Design, Anchor Press / Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1977.

Steven Winter Associates, The Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997, 291p., illus., photos, ISBN: 0-471-18308-3.

Szokolay, S. V., Solar Energy and Building, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1975, ISBN 0-85139-569-4 HB.

Watson, Donald, FAIA, & Kenneth Labs, Climatic Design: Energy Efficient Building Principles and Practices, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1983, ISBN 0-07-068478-2 HB.

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Beckman, William A., Sanford A. Klein and John A. Duffie, Solar Heating Design: By the F-Chart Method, John Wiley & Sons, 1977

Duffie, John A. and William Beckman, Solar Energing of Thermal Processes, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1992, 912p., figs., tables, ISBN 0-471-22371-9.

Klima, John, Solar Controls, Solar Training Publications, 1981

Kreider, Jan F., and Frank Kreith, Solar Heating and Cooling: Engineering, Practical Design, and Economics, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1975, ISBN 0-07-035473-1 HB.