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Earth Cooling Tubes Reading List

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• Francis, E. (January 1984). "Cooling with Earth Tubes." Solar Age (9:1); pp. 30-33.

• Elifrits, C.; Gillies, A. (November/December 1983). "Design of Air Tempering Facilities." Earth Shelter Living (No. 30); pp. 26-27.

• Elifrits, C.; Gillies, A. (September/October 1983). "Earth Pipes." Earth Shelter Living (No. 29); pp. 6-7.

• Abrams, D. (1986). Low Energy Cooling. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. Out of print. See Chapter 13: Earth Cooling, pp. 256-278.

• Kachru, U. (1994). "A Novel Approach to Cooling and Heating of Buildings-Envelope Conditioning." Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Energy Efficient Building Conference and Exposition pp. B61-75. Available from the Energy and Environmental Building Association.

• Hait, J. (1983). Passive Annual Heat Storage, Improving the Design of Earth Shelters. ISBN 0-915207-00-1: Rocky Mountain Research Center.

• Cook, J., ed. (1989). "Passive Cooling." Solar Heat Technologies: Fundamentals and Applications Series. Vol. 8, MIT Press. Out of print. ISBN: 0-262-03147-7.

• Smolen, M. (July/August 1984). "The Truth About Cool Tubes." Rodale's "New Shelter" (5:6); pp. 57-59.

• "Tubes Cool Off Texas." (January/February 1984). Earth Shelter Living (No. 31); pp. 12-13.