Thermal, Passive Solar and PV Plans CD

This CD contains 5 ebooks in total including a very detailed ebook on passive solar water heating. Although written in 1981 in contains some very good information and is very well illustarted with diagrams and pictures in black and white. If you are interested in building a solar hot water sustem this is a great read and should help your a great deal.

The intorduction from the passive solar ebook - "The increasing cost and scarcity of oil, gas, and electricity has focused attention on the need for a transition to renewable energy sources. Solar energy will play an essential role in this effort, particularly for domestic and commercial space heating (and cooling) and water heating. This book is about the simplest type of solar water heaterthe integral passive solar water heater. Solar systems for heating space or water can be divided into two classes-passive and active systems. The essential difference is that passive systems need no auxiliary power to operate while active systems are dependent on externally driven fans or pumps. Passive solar systems typically are very simple, low in cost, built with readily available building materials, reliable, durable, and cost-effective. Many passive systems have only one moving part-the sun-which in large part accounts for their reliability. Passive solar water heaters can be further subdivided into two classes: systems in which the functions of heat collection and storage are separate (the thermosiphon flat plate systems), and systems with combined collection and storagethe integral passive solar water heater (IPSWH), pronounced "ipswah"). IPSWH systems are much less widely known despite some inherent advantages, especially simplicity, economy, and resistance to freezing." 

Solar Electric Basics

Basic Principles of Passive Solar Design

Beehive Solar Wax Melter

Biofuels Solar Wind as Renewable Energy Systems

Build a Solar Cell

Build an Active Solar Water Heater

Build Your Own Solar Batch Hot Water Heater

Building a Solar Panel, Made Simple

Build Your Own Solar Car

DIY Batch Solar Hot Water Heater

How to Build a Better Home

How to Build a Passive Solar Water Heater

How to Build a Satellite Dish Solar Stove

How to build a solar box cooker

Maintenance of Active Solar Power

Materials in Floor Tiles for Thermal Energy Storage

Passive Solar Handbook Volume I

Passive Solar Handbook Volume II

Passive Solar Handbook Volume III

Affordable Passive Solar Plan Book

Passive Solar Design

Pipe Freeze Prevention for Passive Solar Heaters

Solar Heating of Buildings and Domestic Hot Water

Solar Photovoltaics - Factsheet

Solar Power – Questions Answered

Solar Photovoltaic Energy

Solar Energy Booklet

Get Your Power From the Sun  - Consumers Guide

Solar Living Sourcebook - Excerpt

Build Your Own solar Oven

Passive Solar Design for the Home

Residential Solar Heating Collectors

How to Make a Solar Cell

Passive Solar Heating  - patent

Passive Type  Solar Device  - patent