#solar-heating

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Eleanor Raymond 2026-08-11

Pioneering American architect (1887-1989) whose 60+ year career included experimental material houses and the 1948 Dover Sun House, the first solar-heated residence. FAIA 1961.

J. Douglas Balcomb 2026-08-11

Nuclear physicist turned passive solar pioneer (1935-2023) who directed the LANL Solar Energy Group, led authorship of the DOE Passive Solar Design Handbook, and brought scientific…

Maria Telkes 2026-08-11

Hungarian-American biophysicist and solar energy pioneer (1900-1995) who developed the Dover Sun House's Glauber's salt heat storage system, a WWII portable solar desalinator, and …

Albuquerque 2026-08-01

New Mexico city home to Bruce Davis's practice, the AIA chapter Baer addressed in 2009, and the 1956 Bridgers & Paxton solar-heated office building.

Solar Building 2026-08-01

Bridgers & Paxton's 1956 office headquarters at 213 Truman St. SE, Albuquerque, widely called the world's first solar-heated commercial office building, now on the National Registe…

DrumWall 2026-08-01

Steve Baer's original passive solar heat storage invention: a south-facing wall of water-filled drums behind glazing that absorbs solar heat by day and radiates it into the room ov…

Solaris 2026-08-01

Harry Thomason's solar heating system, presented at the 1961 UN Conference on New Sources of Energy.