Energy-Efficient Houses

by Fine Homebuilding Magazine

• ISBN13: 9781561580590
• ISBN10: 1561580597
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Taunton Pr

Summary

Energy-efficient houses have more than just cost savings going for them. They can be stunningly beautiful and individualistic and fit into their surroundings with grace and style. The 31 articles from FINE HOMEBUILDING magazine collected here show how designers and builders have incorporated energy considerations into both traditional and modern houses, built for hot and cold and wet climates.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Superinsulated Saltbox on the Coast of Maine	p. 8
Massive Passive	p. 11
On the Mountainside	p. 16
Airtight in Massachusetts	p. 23
Roll-Top House	p. 28
White Mountain Cape	p. 32
Pool House	p. 38
A Photovoltaic Test House	p. 44
The Buzzards Bay House	p. 50
Expressing a Site	p. 56
The Double Envelope	p. 62
Seaside Solar	p. 68
Pennsylvania Snowbelt House	p. 72
Designing for a Temperate Climate	p. 77
An Arc in the Woods	p. 82
Shingle Solar	p. 86
Linear Solar House	p. 90
A Little House with a Big View	p. 94
Superinsulated in Idaho	p. 98
Three Sides to the Sun	p. 103
Sunspaces	p. 108
Superinsulating the Non-Box	p. 113
An A.O.B. House	p. 116
Solar Adobe	p. 122
In the Solar Vanguard	p. 127
Cool Details	p. 132
Southern Comfort	p. 137
Florida Cracker House	p. 142
Raised in Style	p. 146
Passive Cooling	p. 150
A Modern Mississippi House	p. 155
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