This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. It is interesting to learn from the journey in order to make wise choices now as we proceed. Reveals the role played by political and economic elites in the. Along the journey some ways have proven to be dead-ends, some detours and some expressways. Varun Sivaram, Taming The Sun, MIT Press 2018. Both approaches impact aesthetics and have led to fascinating design variations from the Californian hippy solar houses of the 1970’s to today’s prefab, industrial design boxes. Ken Butti and John Perlin, A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology, London 1981. Two different courses are tracked: the engineering approach using active solar and technical systems and the architectural approach where the building collects, stores and distributes solar heat. A Golden Thread is must reading fo Beginning with the passive solar designs of fifth-century Greece, through the solar-powered steam engines of 19th century America, and on to the new revolution in solar-inspired architecture, the authorsprovide the reader with an amazing story. The way is marked by milestones in the forms of technological breakthroughs and political changes. It begins in the USA and then follows paths in Europe and Asia. This journey from the beginning of the 20th century to the future examines the evolution of buildings making use of the sun.
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