Includes bibliographical references and index.

Solar and natural resources for a better efficiency in the built environment / M. Santamouris -- Glazings and coatings / K.G. Terry Hollands, J.L. Wright and C.G. Granqvist -- Selectively solar-absorbing coatings / E. Wäckelgård, G.A. Niklasson and C.G. Granqvist -- Solar collectors / Graham L. Morrison -- Solar water heating / Graham L. Morrison -- Photovoltaic physics and devices / Martin A. Green -- Solar concentrators / R. Winston -- Cost of pollution and the benefit of solar energy / A. Rabl and J.V. Spadaro -- Solar process heat: distillation, drying, agricultural and industrial uses / B. Norton -- Solar resource assessment: a review / R. Perez, R. Aguiar, M. Collares-Pereira, D. Dumortier, V. Estrada-Cajigal, C. Gueymard, P. Ineichen, P. Littlefair, H. Lund, J. Michalsky, J.A. Olseth, D. Renné, M. Rymes, A. Skartveit, F. Vignola and A. Zelenak -- Solar thermal electricity / D.R. Mills -- Wind energy review / D. Milborrow.