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6 drawings, 18 x 24 inches. Complete 2344 sq. ft well lit, PASSIVE ANNUAL HEAT STORAGE, 3-bedroom house plans. Prints have all the advanced features of Passive Annual Heat Storage, including the INSULATION/WATERSHED UMBRELLA, convective powered EARTH TUBES, and HOT WATER PRE-HEAT. Plans are also very useful for applying PAHS to other home designs.

4 drawings, 18 x 24 inches. Complete 1530 sq. ft., well lit, 3-bedroom house plans. Prints have all the advanced features of Passive Annual Heat Storage, including the INSULATION/WATERSHED UMBRELLA, convective powered EARTH TUBES, and HOT WATER PRE-HEAT. Plans are also very useful for applying PAHS to other home designs. Uses a prestressed roof system, and is NOT part of the building system.

By Hait. Many helpful design and construction suggestions that can be used with any PAHS design, including: good concreting practice; understanding earth shelter engineering; use of FEA engineering computer programs; calculating earth work; land and earth moving tips; use of integral waterproofing agents; making standardized forms for standard modules; quick concrete forming; rapid design and construction using standardized building modules; working with subcontractors; building layout checklist; order of construction checklist; materials list. Many construction details for umbrellas; earth tubes; thermal breaks; penetrations through the umbrella; internal partitions for good air flow; drainage and waterproofing; landscaping tips; and counting the cost.

BUILD A HOME THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF!

This home is made using the Building System. This offer includes a license to use the building system for one home, the complete Building System manual set above, and the plans for a 3-bedroom PAHS home using the modular building system. The 3 bedroom home is made from 4 full modules + 2 shortened modules, plus a greenhouse across the front of the center two modules. It has a complete PAHS system including INSULATION/-WATERSHED UMBRELLA, convective powered EARTH TUBES, and HOT WATER PRE-HEAT. The manual explains how to arrange and use additional modules, or rearrange these to suit your own needs. People all over the world are calling us to ask where they can see a PAHS earth shelter. Build this beautiful 3 bedroom earth shelter, complete with Passive Annual Heat Storage.

NTSC. Why don’t old fashioned passive solar techniques work … and more. Day 1 of the three day PAHS seminar, with live questions and answers.

NTSC. How convection-powered earth tube ventilation systems work, and more. Day 2 of the three day PAHS seminar, with live questions and answers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SHEETS – VOLUME 1 – EBOOK

By Hait. eBook in PDF format (for whitepaper, see below). Now fully searchable! Same information and figures as INFO SHEETS #1 hard copy white paper described below.

$29.95 USD

The following information sheets on various subjects bound together.

HOMES with a BUILT-IN TEMPERATURE A basic article explaining

PAHS in an easy to understand manner.

DESIGN COMMENTARY, PAHS vs. Conventional Passive Solar

Basic design philosophy differences.

PAHS THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS EFFECTING STRUCTURAL

DESIGN

HINTS ON BUILDING THE INSULATION / WATERSHED UMBRELLA

PAHS WINDOWS — SIZES AND ORIENTATION

EARTH TUBE RECOMMENDATIONS Layouts, materials, and types.

PAHS HOME SITE CONSIDERATIONS North slopes, flat land etc.

SOME COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT PAHS HOMES Model Homes, costs etc.

The following information sheets on various subjects bound together.

PAHS HOMES now in operation. A report on PAHS homes that are

currently in operation. Sorry no addresses.

INEXPENSIVE BUILDING IDEAS money-saving suggestions for

very inexpensive buildings.

PAHS STRUCTURE & HEATING QUESTIONS Garages, cement

blocks etc.

CHIMNEYS, STOVES, AND FIREPLACES in the PAHS environment

USING WOOD IN PAHS EARTH SHELTERS Structure and PAHS

WINDOWLESS PASSIVE ANNUAL HEAT STORAGE in northern

latitudes.

COMPUTING EARTH VOLUMES A BASIC computer program for

approximating excavation volumes.

GUIDELINES FOR EARTH BERMED AND ABOVE GROUND

PASSIVE ANNUAL HEAT STORAGE HOMES. Illustrated list of

operating hints and valuable information specially selected for these type homes.

Detailed examination of monitoring methods, positions, and evaluation of data collected.