solar heating

Thinking about alternative housing? Trying to come up with new ideas? Sometimes, the best things come out of 10,000 year old traditions. For housing that respects Mother Earth, look no further than the traditional home of the nomadic First Nations of North America.

ReRenewables.com is a website devoted to helping the solar economy. A full spectrum of virtuious circle resources are available to help put green energy technology in the hands of the masses.

An entire community in Canada has a shared solar power system that can provide over 90% of the annual heating and hot water needs for its 52 homes, despite being situated in a cold Alberta location where winter temperatures can reach -33 degrees C (-27 F).

They have been in business for over 30 years, their product SolarWall (the "transpired solar collector") is in use on buildings for the US Military, Wal-Mart, Fed Ex, Bombardier, Ford, GM, etc, they have won multiple awards and has been praised by the United States Department of Energy as "[in the] top two percent of energy related inventions." - why don't they get more coverage?!? Watch the flash presentation and tell me this isn't a serious and practical solution to help mitigate GHG gases and climate change...

A common inaccuracy that I frequently encounter -- through work, in the media, and in government -- is based on an implied assumption that energy, and energy displacement, and therefore solar energy, revolves solely around electricity. This perception is pervasive in several countries around the world.

A site for discussion and headlines about solar energy, using the Squidoo.com lens format, with a guestbook for comments and feedback.

A report has shown that the solar water heating is almost untapped and it could reduce a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions produced by households and would be a significant environmental measure. The greenhouse gas emission solar water heating would reduce is equivalent to the emissions of 4 million cars, based on the report

This is the 10th of a 15 series of articles by a home owner about his participation in the ecoENERGY Grant program.

In this article, the home owner discusses additional recomendations from the Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report, including wind generated electricity as well as solar wall heating systems.

SunFlake is developing a new generation of solar cells based on a novel shape of semiconductor nanostructures (NanoFlakes). The solar cell has a 30% conversion efficiency and runs on low cost materials.

Solar Towers operate on the simple principle hot air rises; the movement of rising hot air is utilized to drive turbines to generate electricity.

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This is a good article that discusses the various suppliers of residential solar swimming pool heaters. The article discusses the cost trade-offs vs. gas and electric. It is a great jumping point for investing solar for your pool.

Graham Plumber Merchants and Greenworks Energy have launched a new website promoting their green and sustainable energy products such as solar heating panels. The website also allows UK plumbers to get online quotes, callbacks, latest green energy information and bespoke training courses in the installation of environmental products and services.

Cansolair Inc. has developed a forced convection solar heating unit called the Model RA 240 SOLAR MAX. A dwelling of 1000 square feet can have a complete air change in 1.5 hours. Working experience indicates that comfortable room temperature can be maintained in a 1000 square foot dwelling with 15 minutes of sunlight per hour.

CSA Approved Maintenance Free Thermostatically Controlled Forced Convection Filtered Air Environmentally Friendly Heat Energy. 240 aluminum cans comprise the core of each Model RA 240 SOLAR MAX.