The Key To Effective Solar Home Heating
Brrr...There are days when solar home heating just makes sense.
Solar Home Heating - What You Need To Know
Solar power is used for a lot of things around the home, and one of the most common is solar heating.
- Solar heating has been part and parcel of building designs more or less since the dawn of agriculture.
- New techniques, and a better understanding of both thermodynamics and materials science have led to some impressive advancements in this field.
How effective a solar heating system will be depends on a lot of factors, including how your home was built in the first place, how much sunlight you get, and whether or not there are obstructions between the sun and your building.
The Two Types Of Solar Heating
- Passive solar heating
- Active solar heating.
Both solar home heating options capture the sun's energy in a 'heat box' or 'sun box'.
This works a lot like your car on a hot day.
- Glass lets sunlight in, where it strikes a dark colored material, heating it up.
- There's a circulating system (either air, or water based) that distributes the heat from the 'sun box' and distributes it to where it's needed.
- An active solar heating solution uses a pump or a blower to move heat around,
- A passive solar heating solution one uses carefully placed vents and lets natural air flow do it
Here's to finding a way to bring more solar power into your family!
P.S. Here's a few more tips to help your solar power projects go smoothly...
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