Passive Solar House - James Kachadorian

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The Passive Solar House
Using Solar Design to Heat & Cool Your Home
(Revised and Expanded Edition)
James Kachadorian

Edition: Hardcover + CD Rom
Format: CD-ROM with CSOL passive solar design software,Color Insert, Worksheets, Appendices, Index, Renewable Energy/Home construction/design
Pages: 8 x 10, 240 pages
ISBN: 9781933392035
Old ISBN: 1-933392-03-7
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date: 2006-08-24

For the past ten years The Passive Solar House has offered proven techniques for building homes that heat and cool themselves, using readily available materials and methods familiar to all building contractors and many do-it-yourself homeowners.

True to this innovative, straightforward approach, the new edition of this best-selling guide includes CSOL passive solar design software, making it easier than ever to heat your home with the power of the sun. Since The Passive Solar House was first published, passive solar construction expert James Kachadorian has perfected user-friendly, PC-compatible software to supplement the design process explained in the book by allowing homeowners/designers to enter the specifications of their design and see how changing a variable will affect its energy efficiency.

This is the building book for a world of climbing energy costs. Applicable to diverse regions, climates, budgets, and styles of architecture, Kachadorian’s techniques translate the essentials of timeless solar design into practical wisdom for today’s solar builders. Profiles of successful passive solar design, construction, and retrofit projects from readers of the first edition provide inspiration to first-time homebuilders and renovators alike.

Author Jim Kachadorian, an entrepreneur who has built over 300 passive solar homes, also responds inventively to the most common fears of those considering a solar home: that the house will be too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter, or that it will be ugly and experimental-looking, or expensive to build because of extra gadgets and supplies. The Passive Solar House delivers the message that a successful solar design need not require any additional financial outlays, just good planning and savvy choice of materials. Whether you are a younger person eager to go "back to basics" or a seasoned homeowner wanting to create a retirement residence that requires little or no effort to heat, The Passive Solar House is a great place to start the planning process.

About the Author
James Kachadorian is a civil engineer with degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is the founder of Green Mountain Homes, a company which gained national recognition as the first provider of innovative, manufactured solar homes. He has built more than 300 passive solar homes. Kachadorian resides in Woodstock, Vermont.