Steve Baer

For the Chicago investor and activist, see Steve Baer (political activist).
Steve Baer, founder and operator of Zomeworks, Inc., of Albuquerque, New Mexico, (1974)

Steve Baer (October 13th, 1938 to May 17th, 2024) was an American inventor and pioneer of passive solar technology.[1] Baer pioneered and helped popularize the use of zomes. He took a number of solar power patents, wrote a number of books and publicized his work. Baer served on the board of directors of the U.S. Section of the International Solar Energy Society, and on the board of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association. He was the founder, chairman of the board, president, and director of research at Zomeworks Corporation.[2] He was the creator of Zome Architecture[3] as well as one of creators of Zometool, a construction set educational toy or device that had evolved from playground climbers and other structures that had been created by Zomeworks.[4]

  1. ^ Kaiser, David; Patrick Mccray, W. (2016-05-31). Groovy Science: Knowledge, Innovation, and American Counterculture. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226373072.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zome About was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Zome Primer.
  4. ^ "About us". www.zometool.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.