Low-cost, energy-efficient shelter for the owner and builder

Well edited and in-depth treatise includes the following chapters: finding housing solutions, lowering the first cost of a home, lowering your operating expenses, working with nature... Technical articles include: smaller houses that utilize space and materials more efficiently, renovation and recycling of older buildings and materials, interior and exterior skins, better window planning, balancing energy and aesthetic needs, air motion and ventilation, the specifics of constructing better windows and vents, insulating your home for winter and summer comfort, ways to save when using heating and cooling equipment, saving money with appliances and lights, water heating and water conservation, designing the solar tempered home, the greenhouse as a source of food and winter heat, solar water heaters.

Overall, excellent condition.

pub date: 1976 publisher: Rodale pages: 408 format: Hardcover ISBN: 0878571167 sku: 415400 $24.95