Your Solar Home
The Art and Science of Heating, Cooling and Powering Your Home with the Sun

An incredible amount of energy comes to earth in the form of sunlight. Every house is a potential solar collector, ready to harness this endless supply of energy and put it to work for us. Your Solar Home helps to demystify the concept of a solar home, providing us with the scientific basis for understanding the many ways you can capture this energy to heat, cool, and power your home…in a comprehensive and entertaining format.

Topics covered include:
• Solar orientation through the seasons
• Principles of energy and heat transfer
• Passive solar heating and cooling
• Heating water with the sun
• Cooking with sunlight
• Solar electricity
• Plus historical references and interesting solar energy facts

REFERENCE GUIDE INCLUDED!
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