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Author Vale, Brenda.

Title The autonomous house : design and planning for self-sufficiency / Brenda and Robert Vale
Published London : Thames and Hudson, [1975]
©1975

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Description 224 pages : illustrations, diagrams ; 24 cm
Contents 1. What is an autonomous house?. -- 2. Power from the sun. -- 3. Harnessing the wind. -- 4. Heat pumps. -- 5. Recycled waste. -- 6. The problem of water. -- 7. Batteries and fuel cells. -- 8. Storing heat
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 212-219
Subject Power resources.
Buildings -- Heating and ventilation
Housing.
House construction -- Amateurs' manuals.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture and energy conservation.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans.
Dwellings -- Heating and ventilation -- Environmental aspects.
Dwellings.
Solar houses.
Wind power.
Buildings -- Environmental engineering.
Author Vale, Robert J. D. (Robert James Dennis), author
LC no. 75326630
ISBN 0500930015