Building integrated PV for commercial and institutional structures, a sourcebook for architects (open access)

Building integrated PV for commercial and institutional structures, a sourcebook for architects

This sourcebook on building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is intended for architects and designers interested in learning more about today's sustainable solar buildings. The booklet includes 16 design briefs describing actual structures; they illustrate how electricity-generating BIPV products (such as special roofing systems, vertical-wall systems, skylights, and awnings, all of which contain PV cells, modules, and films) can be integrated successfully into many different kinds of buildings. It also contains basic information about BIPV technologies, an overview of US product development activities and development programs, descriptions of major software design tools, and a bibliography.
Date: February 14, 2000
Creator: Eiffert, P. & Kiss, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field fortifications (open access)

Field fortifications

"This manual describes field fortification methods and gives details of construction of entrenchments, emplacements, and shelters. It also outlines the principles of terrain appreciation which apply to field fortifications, and explains how to combine individual field fortifications into a unified system by means of organization of the ground."
Date: February 14, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Passive Solar Design for the Home (open access)

Passive Solar Design for the Home

This fact sheet provides homeowners with an introduction to passive solar design, which is also called climatic design. It explains how they can use windows, walls, and floors to collect, store, and distribute solar energy to heat their homes in the winter, as well as reject solar heat in the summer. It includes information on heat-movement physics; basic solar design techniques--direct gain, indirect gain (Trombe walls), isolated gain (sunspaces), and design for summer comfort; window options for passive solar; and design cost.
Date: February 14, 2001
Creator: Krigger, J. & Waggoner, T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind Powering America: Clean Energy for the 21st Century (revised) (open access)

Wind Powering America: Clean Energy for the 21st Century (revised)

This Wind Powering America brochure provides the perspectives on the benefits of wind power from 10 U.S. citizens from different sectors of society, including ranching, utility commissioner, parent, Native American, farmer/county commissioner, business owner, and independent turbine operator. It also provides basic facts about wind power, contacts for information about wind power, and a brief description of the Wind Powering America Initiative, its goals and its benefits.
Date: February 14, 2001
Creator: O'Dell, K.
System: The UNT Digital Library