Easy to understand, accurate, comprehensive and packed with all the essential information home and small-business owners need to find affordable, reliable, and renewable alternatives to conventional home heating, Solar Home Heating Basics is the guide for anyone who wants to heat his or her home or office with solar energy.

How will we heat our homes? -- A primer on energy and energy efficiency -- The prerequisite to renewable energy: seal up the leaks! -- Insulate, insulate, insulate! -- Understanding solar energy -- Passive solar heating: low-tech, high performance -- Retrofitting your home for passive solar -- Solar hot air -- Solar hot water heating -- Energy-efficiency backup heat.