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Solar Power Your Home For Dummies
Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you’re looking
to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or you want to
build a solar-powered house from the ground up, Solar Power Your Home For
Dummies takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows you how to
put it to work for you!
This friendly, hands-on guide is packed with tips for making your home more energy-efficient though solar power—and helping the planet at the same time. You’ll see how to survey your home to determine your current household energy efficiency and use, and evaluate where solar power would best benefit you. You’ll also calculate what the return on your investment will be before you make any decisions. Once you’ve decided on a project, you’ll see whether it’s best to hire a contractor or do it yourself. We leave no stone unturned—you’ll also discover how to:
Featuring ten of the easiest and cheapest do-it-yourself solar projects, Solar Power Your Home For Dummies is the fun and easy way to meet your energy needs with this clean power source!
Advances in Solar Energy: An Annual Review of Research and Development in Renewable Energy Technologies Volume 18 (Advances in Solar Energy Series)
The Advances in Solar Energy series offers state-of-the-art information on
all primary renewable energy technologies, including
solar, wind and biomass, bringing together invited
contributions from the foremost international experts in renewable energy.
Got Sun? Go Solar: Get Free Renewable Energy to Power Your Grid-Tied Home
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for your Home
Solar Power (photovoltaics) is now a one-billion-dollar
industry, and it’s poised to grow rapidly in the near future as more
pressure is placed on limited fossil fuel resources and as advances in solar
technology drive down the costs of residential solar systems.
This book helps readers understand the basics of solar power and other
renewable energy sources, explore whether solar power makes sense for them,
what their options are, and what’s involved with installing various on and
off-grid systems.
Solar Energy Fundamentals and Modeling Techniques: Atmosphere, Environment, Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Solar irradiation is the fundamental initiator of the
different renewable energy alternatives, including wind, wave, hydrogen and
biomass energy sources. Solar Energy Fundamentals and Modelling Techniques
presents the methods of quantitative determination of solar irradiation
incident amount on a surface on the Earth. The book collects together
material from the current literature in atmospheric environmental sciences,
climate change, meteorology, engineering and renewable energy, liberally
illustrated by diagrams and worked examples.
2007-2008 Solar Energy - Complete Guide to Solar Power and Photovoltaics, Practical Information on Heating, Lighting, and Concentrating, Energy Department Research, Grants (Two CD-ROM Set) by U.S. Government
This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on two CD-ROMs
presents an incredible and totally revised collection of important documents
and publications about solar energy, solar heating and lighting, solar
concentrating technology, and photovoltaic (PV) solar power cells.
Encyclopedic coverage of every practical aspect of solar power, heating,
electricity, and research is thoroughly covered in this incredible
collection! Federal documents cover the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) Photovoltaics Program; National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) Center for Photovoltaics; Photovoltaics
for Buildings; Photovoltaics Silicon Materials Research;
Solar Decathlon; Amorphous Silicon; NREL Solid
State Theory Group and Solid State Spectroscopy. Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Environmental
Safety & Health; DOE Climate Challenge;
National Center for Photovoltaics; Photovoltaics Research &
Development; Photovoltaic Silicon Materials Research;
Amorphous Silicon; Solid State Theory;
Spectroscopy. National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) Partnership
Opportunities; PV Roadmap; Physics and Design of Solar
Cells; R & D Partner Fact Sheets. Photovoltaics for
Buildings coverage includes: Learn About PV; Homes and Commercial Buildings;
Whole-Building Design; Solar Electricity;
New Applications and Lessons Learned Report, much more.
Viable solar energy technology topics covered include: Solar Cells
* photovoltaic (PV) power * flat-plate PV
* concentrating PV * off-grid *
on-grid * conversion efficiencies * solar thermal electric
* the existing solar industry * DOE research goals and
targets * Thermal dishes * towers * troughs * central
generation * passive solar * solar water heating
* solar heating and lighting * nanotechnology solar
cells * organic solar cells * abbreviations and
acronyms. Solar energy technologies have great potential to benefit our
nation. They can diversify our energy supply, reduce our dependence on
imported fuels, improve the quality of the air we breathe, offset greenhouse
gas emissions, and stimulate our economy by creating jobs in the
manufacturing and installation of solar energy systems.
Concentrating Solar Power: CSP systems use reflective materials
that concentrate the sun's heat energy to drive a generator that produces
electricity. Photovoltaics: PV systems use semiconductor
materials that convert sunlight directly to electricity. Solar Heating:
Solar collectors absorb the sun's energy to provide low-temperature heat
used directly for hot water or space heating for residential or commercial
buildings. Solar Lighting: Parabolic collectors focus
sunlight into a fiber optic system to illuminate building interiors with
sunlight. The Solar America Initiative (SAI) is a part of
the President's Advanced Energy Initiative and will
accelerate the development of advanced photovoltaic materials with the goal
of making it cost-competitive with other forms of renewable electricity by
2015. The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technology Program
(SETP) will achieve the goals of the SAI through partnerships and
strategic alliances with industry participants, universities, federal and
state government, and other nongovernmental agencies by focusing primarily
on four areas: Market Transformation activities that address marketplace
barriers and offer the opportunity for market expansion * Device and
Process Proof of Concept R&D activities addressing novel devices or
processes with potentially significant performance or cost advantages *
Component Prototype and Pilot-Scale Production R&D
activities emphasizing development of prototype PV components or systems
produced at pilot-scale with demonstrated cost, reliability, or performance
advantages * System Development and Manufacturing collaborative R&D
activities among industry and university.
Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction
A thorough, informative, and up-to-date reference on green, sustainable and
energy-efficient home construction that clarifies
definitions of green and sustainable and guides builders and architects
through the process of new or remodel green construction, including issues
of site, landscaping, durability, and energy-efficiency.
Solar Power in Building Design (GreenSource Books)
Solar Energy (Fueling the Future)
Energia solar/Solar Power (Energia Para El Presente / Energy for Today)
Designing with Solar Power: A Source Book for Building Integrated Photovoltaics
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