Monday, December 7, 2009

BIBLIOGRAPHY






I would recomend the following list of books to begin a journey into the subject of super insulation and home design. You may be able to find most of the books at your local library. Some are not in print, but available on Amazon.





THE SUPERINSULATED HOME BOOK
J.D. Ned Nisson & Gautam Dutt
John Wiley & Sons, 1985
(Available thru Amazon.com)

SUPER INSULATED RETROFIT BOOK
Brian Marshall & Robert Argue
Firefly Books Ltd., 1981

THE STRAW BALE HOUSE
Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen & David Bainbridge
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994

A PATTERN LANGUAGE
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa & Murray Silverstein
Oxford University Press, 1977

BUILDER’S GUIDE TO COLD CLIMATES
Joseph Lstiburek, P.Eng.
The Taunton Press, 2000

CANADIAN SOLAR HOME DESIGN MANUAL
S. Henderson, D. Roscoe & J. Ward
Solar Nova Scotia, 2009
(Available at www.solarns.ca)

PASSIVE HOUSE PLANNING PACKAGE
Dr. Wolfgang Feist
Passive House institute, 2007
(Available at www.passivehouse.us)

Hope you enjoy these books. I will be drawing from them as I make my future postings.

Richard

2 comments:

Kyle Van Dyke said...

Hey Richard! I haven't read through carefully yet but I will return with comments and input as I get the chance. Good to see you advocating .... I wouldn't have expected any less from you!

Randall Karle said...

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