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- Hathaway, Alden. "Building an Affordable Solar Home." 2/20/2004. (11/24/2008) http://www.ert.net/solarhome/book/Chapter%203.pdf
- Kosny, Jan et al. "Thermal Mass - Energy Savings Potential in Residential Buildings." Oak Ridge National Labs. 8/11/2001. (11/26/2008) http://www.ornl.gov/sci/roofs+walls/research/detailed_papers/thermal/index.html
- Lamb, Robert. "How Weather Works." HowStuffWorks.com. (11/24/2008) http://science.howstuffworks.com/weather.htm
- McIntire-Strasburg. "The Enertia Home: A Modern Marvel, or a Lot of Hot Air?" 7/10/2007. (11/24/2008) http://sustainablog.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
- "Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge Presents the Breakthrough Inventions of 2007" Invent Now. 2007. (11/24/2008) http://www.invent.org/challenge/
- Pogue, David. "A Home That Cools and Heats Itself." 5/17/2007. The New York Times: Pogue's Posts. (11/24/2008) http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/a-home-that-heats-and-cools-itself/?pagemode=print
- Press Kit and Personal Correspondence with Michael Sykes. Enertia Building System. (11/24/2008)
- Sykes, Marvin. "Heat Storage Means." Free Patents Online. 11/11/1986. (11/24/2008) http://www.freepatentsonlineĀ.com/4621614.pdf
- Sykes, Marvin. "Method of Increasing Latent Heat Storage of Wood Products. Free Patents Online. 8/23/2005. (11/24/2008) http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6933016.pdf
- Tarbuck, Edward and Lutgens, Frederick. "Earth Science Eleventh Edition." Pearson Prentice Hall. 2006. (11/25/2008)
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