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Toward a zero energy home : a complete guide to energy self-sufficiency at home / David Johnston & Scott Gibson. - Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, c2010. - 250 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
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.
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.
9781600851438 (pbk.) 1600851436 (pbk.)
071287 Taunton
2010000576
Dwellings--Energy conservation.
Ecological houses.
696 Joh 12
Toward a zero energy home : a complete guide to energy self-sufficiency at home / David Johnston & Scott Gibson. - Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, c2010. - 250 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
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.
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.
9781600851438 (pbk.) 1600851436 (pbk.)
071287 Taunton
2010000576
Dwellings--Energy conservation.
Ecological houses.
696 Joh 12