Added Info HARROWSMITH #82 Nov-Dec 1988 (v.13#4) pg. 13
A look at the Clemson/USDA greenhouse home.
HOMEOWNERS HOW TO Mar-Apr 1980 (v.5#2) pg. 48
A look at a packaged solar home you can buy.
HOMEOWNERS HOW TO Nov-Dec 1980 (v.5#6) pg. 38
A look at a solar home in Minnesota that costs only $160 per year to heat.
HOMEOWNERS HOW TO Nov-Dec 1980 (v.5#6) pg. 42
A solar house that tracks the sun. A look at a revolving house built by a couple in New England. This A-frame style house is mounted on a massive turntable that is rotated by a 2-hp motor.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #609 Feb 1979 (v.75) pg. 33
Three articles review the current status of solar heated homes.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #677 Sep 1984 (v.80) pg. 48, 52, 58
A look at the "Sunburst" solar home in Landenberg, Pennsylvania.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #55 Jan-Feb 1979 pg. 108
A look at some of the solar houses built in the Taos, New Mexico, area by Mike Reynolds.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #56 Mar-Apr 1979 pg. 82
A look at "thermal envelope" solar houses.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #56 Mar-Apr 1979 pg. 121
A look at an 80% solar-powered adobe home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #59 Sep-Oct 1979 pg. 113
A look at the passive solar house built by a couple in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #60 Nov-Dec 1979 pg. 90
A look at the Colosol earth-sheltered home with passive solar heating in Dillon, CO.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #62 Mar-Apr 1980 pg. 136
A look at a passive solar house that provides year-round comfort in a harsh desert climate.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #63 May-Jun 1980 pg. 138
A look at an earth sheltered passive solar house in southern Illinois.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #66 Nov-Dec 1980 pg. 114
Building the sun cottage. Architect Angus W. Macdonald relates what he has learned about planning and building low-cost, passive solar, earth-tempered homes. Part 1. Site selection.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #81 May-Jun 1983 pg. 122
Building the sun cottage. Part 2. Cost control.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #82 Jul-Aug 1983 pg. 176
Building the sun cottage. Part 3. Footings, foundation and slab.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #83 Sep-Oct 1983 pg. 150
Building the sun cottage. Part 4. Walls and beams.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #84 Nov-Dec 1983 pg. 150
Passive solar. A new way to heat homes. An exploration of designs.
NEW SHELTER Feb 1980 (v.1#1) pg. 51
Approaching free energy. Three homes that come close to zero-energy use.
NEW SHELTER Mar 1980 (v.1#2) pg. 22
NourseTrisol, a new shape in solar homes.
NEW SHELTER Mar 1980 (v.1#2) pg. 76
America almost went solar. A look at the work of architects William Atkinson and George Fred Keck, and nine 1940 Chicago area solar homes.
NEW SHELTER Mar 1980 (v.1#2) pg. 94
A look at the problems in building a solar home using ordinary builders without solar construction experience.
NEW SHELTER Apr 1980 (v.1#3) pg. 38
A look at the solar house of Jim Bier in Ferrum, Virginia. The heat is absorbed by huge masonry louvers behind the south-facing glass wall.
NEW SHELTER Jul-Aug 1980 (v.1#5) pg. 45
A look at double shell homes.
NEW SHELTER Sep 1980 (v.1#6) pg. 72
Fabrics for a solar home. A look at which materials can withstand light, heat, and humidity.
NEW SHELTER Nov-Dec 1980 (v.1#8) pg. 93
A look at an Oregon solar home with composting toilets and a greywater system that uses all waste water to irrigate a greenhouse.
NEW SHELTER Nov-Dec 1980 (v.1#8) pg. 98
A look at house design which features a "solar attic" as a source of heat, plus a good place to dry clothes, dry food, etc. This design is suited for the southern part of the country.
NEW SHELTER Sep 1981 (v.2#7) pg. 80
Special 18 page section looks at solar homes that have caused problems for their owners.
NEW SHELTER Apr 1982 (v.3#4) pg. 18
The effects of sunlight on fabrics in solar homes is described, along with tips on reducing the problem.
NEW SHELTER Jan 1983 (v.4#1) pg. 48
Solarizing your home. Design for direct gain. How to determine how much sun your home can really use.
NEW SHELTER Oct 1984 (v.5#8) pg. 52
A look at Dr. Henry Thomason's Solaris system of heating a house. Includes information on where to write for plans to build your own solar-heated home.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jun 1973 (v.139#6) pg. 150
Owners tell all about life in 60 solar-heated homes.
POPULAR MECHANICS Oct 1977 (v.148#4) pg. 84
Energy-conserving design and construction are prerequisites for solar houses. A sampling of some designs of both house and solar system.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1976 (v.209#1) pg. 48
Low-technology solar home designs that work with nature. Designs from Sun Mountain Design, a Santa Fe, New Mexico, group of architects.
POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1976 (v.209#6) pg. 95
A look at an energy-saving house built in Taos, New Mexico. Special features include stabilized adobe brick walls that act as a heat reservoir, an insulated heat storing plenum under the ground floor, an overhanging lattice to shade the solar windows in the summer, and seven air-heater solar collectors inside the house.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1977 (v.211#1) pg. 44
A look at the world's most advanced solar home, built on Long Island, NY. Uses an evacuated-tube collector.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1977 (v.211#1) pg. 92
A look at a Shelter Institute design home built in Bath, Maine. This passive solar energy house (20x30-ft.) was built by the owners for $5,000.
POPULAR SCIENCE Sep 1977 (v.211#3) pg. 114
A passive solar house design that has structural elements which double as collectors. Plans can be ordered.
POPULAR SCIENCE Nov 1977 (v.211#5) pg. 118
A look at the Solar Attic house, a simple low-cost system for winter heating and summer cooling. Includes information on retrofitting an existing house with the system.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jan 1979 (v.214#1) pg. 68
Correction POPULAR SCIENCE Apr 1979 (v.214#4) pg. 8
A look at a solar home with woodstove backup in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Booklet can be ordered for $3.
POPULAR SCIENCE Oct 1979 (v.215#4) pg. 24
A look at double-shelled solar houses with passive solar designs and how they perform throughout the year.
POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1979 (v.215#6) pg. 54
Owner-built solar heated house. Uses 528 sq.ft. of collectors in a water-based supplementary solar heating system for a 30x40 ft. two-story house in New York.
POPULAR SCIENCE Feb 1980 (v.216#2) pg. 30
Solar houses go underground. Diagrams and photos of several designs.
POPULAR SCIENCE May 1980 (v.216#5) pg. 82
A look at the Popular Science low-energy solar home which uses many energy-saving ideas, materials and devices that you can use in your own home.
POPULAR SCIENCE Aug 1980 (v.217#2) pg. 70
Double-wall house features airtight design, extra insulation, and passive solar gain. Looks like an ordinary house and costs no more than an ordinary house. Annual fuel bill: $38.
POPULAR SCIENCE Oct 1980 (v.217#4) pg. 40
A look at a solar-heated house that is half underground. Designed by David Wright and located in northern California, the house has earth atop the main room, a sunken garden courtyard, and tall view tower, and a separate garage and studio.
SUNSET Apr 1977 (v.158#4) pg. 132
A look at the University of Hawaii Energy House that features solar panels on the roof, a wind generator, a built-in irrigation system, and rainwater storage.
SUNSET Apr 1977 (v.158#4) pg. 142
A look at an award winning solar energy home that uses seven water-filled columns of galvanized steel culvert, 14-ft. tall, behind a collector wall to store the heat.
SUNSET Nov 1977 (v.159#5) pg. 112
A look at today's passive solar houses, both direct and indirect gain.
SUNSET Feb 1979 (v.162#2) pg. 76
A 10-page report on 25 houses all remodeled to include passive solar heating.
SUNSET Apr 1981 (v.166#4) pg. 82
A description of how a Kansas couple has designed and engineered the construction of a solar home with many energy-saving features. Specific energy conserving ideas are described.
WORKBENCH Jan-Feb 1977 (v.33#1) pg. 34
Workbench contributing editor, Tom Dean, builds a solar home. Floor plans, elevations, and some details are described and illustrated. The house uses both active and passive solar systems.
WORKBENCH Jan-Feb 1979 (v.35#1) pg. 20