Renewable Energy

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.05.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Objectives
  3. Background
  4. Using Solar Energy
  5. The Trombe Wall
  6. The Solar Slab Heat Exchanger
  7. Photovoltaic Cells and Wind Turbines
  8. Earthships
  9. Conclusion
  10. Lesson I: Following the Energy Grid
  11. Lesson II: Measuring the Earth's Constant Temperature
  12. Lesson III: Innovations for Living Off of the Grid
  13. Lesson IV: Other Examples of Alternative Architecture
  14. Unit Follow Up Activities
  15. Bibliography
  16. Endnotes
  17. Implementing Texas State Standards

Solar Energy -- Architectural Alternatives for Home Building

Georgia Redonet

Published September 2007

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Endnotes

1 William H. Kemp. (2005) The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living, 2.
2 Ibid, 2
3 Ibid, 11
4 Ibid, 22
5 Michael E. Reynolds. (1993). Earthship, Volume I: How to Build Your Own, 34.
6 Ray G. Scott. (1983). The Underground Home: Answer Book, 207.
7 Michael E. Reynolds. (1993). Earthship, Volume I: How to Build Your Own, 34.
8 James Kachadorian. (1997). The Passive Solar House, 15.
9 Ibid, Preface
10 Ibid, 3
11 Ibid, 4
12 Ibid, 6
13 Ibid, 11
14 Ibid, 19
15 Ibid, 17
16 Ibid, 17
17 Ibid, 22
18 Ibid, 30
19 Ibid, 30
20 Ibid, 31
21 Ibid, 30
22 Ibid, 8
23 Ibid, 3
24 Rex A. Ewing and LaVonne Ewing. (2002). Logs Wind and Sun: Handcraft
Your Own Log Home. . .Then Power It With Nature, 14.
25 Rex A. Ewing. (2003). Power With Nature: Solar and Wind Energy
Demystified, 104.
26 Ibid, 104
27 Ibid, 106
28 Ibid, 112
29 Ibid, 112
30 Rex A. Ewing and LaVonne Ewing. (2002). Logs Wind and Sun: Handcraft
Your Own Log Home. . .Then Power It With Nature, 30.
31 Ed Paschich and Paula Hendricks. (1995). The Tire House Book, 73.
32 Nathaniel Corum. (2005). Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather

Construction Handbook, 4 — 5.

33 Paul Graham McHenry, Jr. (1984). Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings:

Design and Construction, 162.

34 Ed Paschich and Paula Hendricks. (1995). The Tire House Book, 75.
35 Michael E. Reynolds. (1993). Earthship, Volume I: How to Build Your Own, 12.
36 Ed Paschich and Paula Hendricks. (1995). The Tire House Book, 75.
37 Ibid, 24
38 Michael E. Reynolds. (1993). Earthship, Volume I: How to Build Your Own,
39.
39 Ibid, 11
40 Ibid, 88
41 Michael E. Reynolds. (2005). Water From the Sky, 16.
42 Ibid, 27
43 Ibid, 27
44 Ibid, 27
45 Ibid, 29
46 Michael E. Reynolds. (2000). Comfort in Any Climate, 26.
47 City of Houston. (2007). Green Building, Power to the People.
48 William H. Kemp. (2005) The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural
Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living, 50 - 150.

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