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Zaretsky, Michael.

Precedents in zero-energy design : architecture and passive design in the 2007 Solar Decathlon / by Michael Zaretsky. - xi, 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 x 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Compares and analyses of the architecture and passive design strategies of the 2007 Solar Decathlon houses. This book gives students, practitioners and researchers of architecture design insight into some of the most innovative, off-the-grid homes in the world.

ISBN: 9780415778749 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415778743 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415778756 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415778751 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203865873 (ebook : alk. paper) 0203865871 (ebook : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009019868

Subjects--Meeting Names:
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2007) (3rd :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture--Environmental aspects--Competitions.
Architecture and solar radiation--Competitions.
Solar houses--Design and construction--Competitions.
Solar energy--Passive systems.

LC Class. No.: NA2542.35 / .Z36 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 720.472 / Z.M.P