A Green List: Solar Energy
from Christchurch City Libraries

A green topic often asked about in the library is solar energy and its many applications. The books are not all shelved together, so sometimes it's difficult to find exactly what you want. They are shelved in different subject areas, depending on what aspects they cover eg. energy conservation, design and construction, architecture, cars, alternative energy, and so on.

Here's a brief, selected list of recent titles held in the Christchurch City Libraries on solar energy.

(If they are not held in your nearest library, you can reserve them for a small fee).

• Solar made easy edited by S. Cope and B. Riley (621.47 SOL)
• The next great thing: the sun, the Stirling engine, and the drive to change the world by Mark Shelton (338.762 SHE)
• The big switch: clean energy for the twenty-first century by Gavin Gilchrist (333.79 GIL)
• Passive solar energy: the homeowner's guide to natural heating and cooling by Bruce Anderson (697.78 AND)
• Energy-wise design for the sun: residential design guidelines for New Zealand by D.R. Breuer (690.83 BRE)
• The independent home: living well with power from the sun, wind, and water by Michael Potts (696 POT)
• Energy efficient building: a design guide edited by S. Roaf and M. Hancock (720.47 ENE)

As this is not a comprehensive list, you may like to try the following subject searches on the online catalogue to find more information. (If you are not familiar with using the computers, please ask a librarian)

• Solar energy
• Architecture and energy conservation
• Solar heating
• Buildings - energy conservation
• Solar houses
• Dwellings - energy conservation
• Solar air conditioning
• Buildings - environmental engineering
• Solar cars
• Architecture and solar radiation
• Solar batteries
• Energy conservation
• Solar engines