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SOLAR HEATING sa GREENHOUSE sa SOLAR COLLECTOR sa SUNROOM sa WATER HEATER -- SOLAR-POWERED xx HEATING SYSTEM xx SOLAR ENERGY Special edition. An introduction to passive solar heating. How to cut home heating costs by adding heat storage materials. Storage ideas include water storage, masonry, and chemical compounds. Turn to the sun. A primer on solar heating. How the do-it-yourselfer can build an effective solar system. How the vents work in a Trombe wall and where they should be placed. An AirCore floor. Heat from a solar room is pushed through the hollow cores of concrete blocks to heat a room. The concrete blocks serve as the floor of a room addition. Tips on constructing a large basement-level tank to store solar-heated water for heating purposes. An introduction to solar heating. Both passive and active system are described. Basics of solar energy. Part 1. A short course in controlling solar energy and how to apply solar technology to your home. Basics of solar energy. Part 2. Solar collectors. Covers principles, construction, orientation, tilt, and mountings. Basics of solar energy. Part 3. How solar heat is stored. Basics of solar energy. Part 4. A look at distribution systems. How to avoid the "solar sorrows". What's important to look for in both air-to-air and liquid solar heating systems. Two ways to get passive solar heating. (1) Install an add-on greenhouse. (2) Cover a south-facing wall with glass. Calculating the efficiency of solar heating systems. Basic concepts about heat storage and heat collection. Solar heating for the handyman. Basic facts of solar heating which can be considered in new construction. A look at the newley invented Solar Diode which converts sunlight to heat for your house, but does not consume any power itself. Should you go solar this year? How to figure the approximate savings if you install a solar hot water heater or solar space heating system. Introduction to the use of microcomputers to control solar heating systems. (2 articles). How to plumb Mother's solar furnace so it can be used to generate steam. A look at how a large old home was retrofitted with solar heating. Build your own solar hot seat. A padded bench, filled with jugs of water, becomes a "space heater" when it captures sunlight coming in through a window or glass door. Ten tips on passive solar heating that were reported at the 1985 meeting of the Passive Division of the American Solar Energy Society. Adding cheap solar power to a home through the addition of thermal mass and the use of batch heaters. Charts help select between conservation and solar to lower heating costs. Sun on tap. Part 6. Build-it-yourself drain back active solar system. Sunshine at night. Guidelines to take the guesswork out of solar heat storage. Is your house ripe for solarizing? Charts and worksheets help you calculate the performance of a solar space heater addition to your existing house. Bite-sized solar retrofits. Six articles describe such ideas as glassing in an existing porch, installing hot-air boxes, installing absorbers and other simple solar heating ideas, plus sources of fans to move the heated air. Active solar: the second generation. A look at five "rules" for sure-fire success. How to tailor a Trombe wall (a thick masonry wall on the south side of a building) to your climate zone. A look at what's available in solar space heating to retrofit an existing home. Tip: Use U-shaped lengths of black plastic drain pipe, filled with water, as a heat storage device. How one type of solar hot air heating system was installed on a workshop (garage) roof is illustrated. How to trap solar heat with your windows. How to calculate how much solar heat it is possible to trap and use in heating your home. Tips on simple heat-trapping window treatments. Now you can buy solar heating equipment for your home. What is available and some typical costs. Biosphere. A unique structure that is an experiment in "energy homesteading". It is an indoor environment that features solar heating and indoor vegetable gardening. Designed for cold northern climates. Drawings of the biosphere are available for $4. A look at what's available in solar heating systems. Describes the basics of a solar heating system and looks at companies who are producing solar hardware. You can build NASA's low-cost solar heating system. A general description of the system and its cost. Solar heating. How to pick the right system for your home. An inside look at how a professional might design and install a solar heating system. A look at two solar heaters built by Don Kuntz, one for air and the other for water. Includes descriptions and diagrams of the systems. Diagram for a thermal storage (Trombe) wall which could be incorporated into a house during construction or as part of a room addition. Clever places to hide heat-storing salts (Glauber's salt mix). Vertical glass is shown to be better than slanted glass for passive solar heating. Retrofit solar wall feeds warmth to circulating air. Fan-powered air circuit distributes heat absorbed by existing brick veneer. How to lay ceramic tile for flooring in a passive-solar structure. Build this solar controller. How to adapt basic electronics to solar heating in home and industry. Tips on making a window insert which provides see-through solar heat. Tips on how and when solar heating may be integrated into a conventional hot water or hot air whole-house heating system. Solar window in A-frame styled building heats both the house and the water. Basic dimensions and features are illustrated. Custom-built table conceals a squirrel cage blower which pushes room air through an exterior, wall-mounted solar heater. | |||||||||
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