Books by Robert Hastings

The International Energy Agency's Task 13 is to advance solar building technologies. As part of that programme, 15 houses in 12 countries have been built to test new technologies and strategies for achieving low energy demand while maintaining a good indoor climate. This text considers each.

Describes and documents thirty-five different buildings with successfully installed solar air systems. This title includes the building types that cover single family houses, apartment buildings, schools, sports halls, and industrial commercial buildings with six different configurations of solar air systems used.

Active solar systems for air heating are a straightforward yet effective way of using solar energy for space heating and tempering ventilation air. This handbook takes you through the process of designing and selecting an active solar system, optimizing the system using nomograms and curves, and dimensioning the components of the system.