Books on Solar

There are many books on solar, some old, some new, some great, some weak. Some that we are familiar with and like are listed below: Omission of a book might only indicate we haven't gotten around to listing it yet or simply haven't run across it. Some are out of print, but can still be found in used book stores.  

NMSEA/New Mexico affiliated authors:

• Proceedings of the NMSEA Annual Life Technics Conference & Peter Van Dresser Village Development Workshops. Available on a loan basis only - serious inquiries only please due to very limited printings.
• Passive Solar House Basics, Peter Van Dresser, 1995, Ancient City Press, ISBN 0-941270-90-4.
• Homegrown Sundwellings, Peter Van Dresser, 1977, The Lightning Tree, ISBN (paper) 0-89016-033-3, ISBN (cloth) 0-89016-034-1. Available to NMSEA members for $5 while supplies last.
• Development on a Human Scale, Potentials for Ecologically Guided Growth in Northern New Mexico, Peter Van Dresser, 1973, Praeger Publishers, no ISBN numer available. Available to NMSEA members for $5 while supplies last.
• The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse, Design, Construction, Operation, Rick Fisher and Bill Yanda, 1976, John Muir Publications, ISBN 0-912528-12-5.
• Rads, Ergs, and Cheeseburgers, The Kid's Guide to Energy and the Environment, Bill Yanda, 1991, John Muir Publications, ISBN 0-945465-75-0.
• Earthship: Volumes I - many, Michael Reynolds, Solar Survival, See http://www.earthship.org/.
• Mastering Energy-10 (in preparation), Doug Balcomb, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (www.nrel.gov).
• The Passive Solar Energy Book, Expanded Professional Edition, Edward Mazria, 1979, Rodale Press, ISBN 0-87857-238-4.
• The Easy Guide to Solar Electric, For Home Power Systems, ADI Pieper, published by ADI Solar, 1999, ISBN 0-9671891-0-1.

General (with some repeats from above)

Solar Energy Periodicals

• Solar Today, Published by the American Solar Energy Society, ISSN 1042-0630. See www.ases.org.
• Home Power, The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, published by Home Power Inc., ISSN 1050-2416. See www.homepower.com.
• Solar Energy, The Official Journal of the International Solar Energy Society, ISSN 0038-092X. See www.ises.org

Solar Politics

• Who Owns the Sun? People, Politics, and the Struggle for a Solar Economy, Daniel M. Berman and John T. O'Connor, 1996, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, ISBN 0-930031-86-5.

Solar Energy History

• A Golden Thread, 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology, Ken Butti and John Perlin, 1980, Cheshire Books, ISBN 0-917352-07-6 (Cheshire), ISBN 0-442-24005-8 (Van Nostrand Reinhold). A new edition may now be available.

Wind Power

• Wind Power For Home & Business, Renewable Energy for the 1990s and Beyond, Paul Gipe, 1993, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, ISBN 0-930031-64-4.

Passive Solar Design

• Passive Solar House Basics, Peter Van Dresser, 1995, Ancient City Press, ISBN 0-941270-90-4.
• The Passive Solar Energy Book, Expanded Professional Edition, Edward Mazria, 1979, Rodale Press, ISBN 0-87857-238-4. (This book is out of print, but is one of the best books on solar energy ever written, still useful today, and can still be found in many used book stores.)
• The Passive Solar House, Using Solar Design to Heat & Cool Your Home, James Kachadorian, 1997, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, ISBN 0-930031-97-0.
• Earthship: Volumes I - many, Michael Reynolds, Solar Survival, See http://www.earthship.org/.

Solar Electricity

• The Easy Guide to Solar Electric, For Home Power Systems, ADI Pieper, published by ADI Solar, 1999, ISBN 0-9671891-0-1.
• The Evolution of an Independent Home, The Story of a Solar Electric Pioneer, Jeffrey Fowler. (Available from Backwoods Magazine).

Solar Cooking

• Heavan's Flame, Joseph Radabaugh (new edition is out). Great book on solar cooking. Home Power Publishing, ISBN 0-9629588-2-4.
• Cooking with the Sun, How to Build and Use Solar Cookers, Beth Halacy and Dan Halacy, Morning Sun Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9629069-2-1.

Solar Water Pumping

• An Introduction to Solar Water Pumping with Windy Dankoff (video), 1997, available from Home Power Magazine. 

Solar Technology Overviews/Guides/Assessments

• Renewables Are Ready, Nancy Cole and P.J. Skerrett (Union of Concerned Scientists), Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1995, ISBN 0-930031-73-3.
• Consumer Guide to Solar Energy, More ways to reduce your energy bills and save the environment, Scott Sklar and Kenneth Sheinkopf, forward by Dennis Weaver, Bonus Books Inc, 1995, 1-56625-050-1.
• Prospects for Sustainable Energy, A Critical Assessment, Edward S. Cassedy, 2000, Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, ISBN 0-521-63120-3.

Sundials

• Sundials, Their Theory and Construction, Albert E. Waugh, 1973, Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-22947-5.