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Renewable Energy For Homes: Active Solar Water Heating

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Renewable Energy For Homes. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Monday, March 12, 2007. Active Solar Water Heating. Nearly 300 homes in this San Diego development have solar water heating systems, and some have solar electric systems. The solar water heating collectors on the roof look like skylights. One of the most cost-effective ways to include renewable technologies into a building is by incorporating solar hot water. Solar Water Heating for Buildings. Active solar water heaters. Active solar water hea...

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Active Solar Energy for Homes: How Solar Collectors Work

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Active Solar Energy for Homes. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. How Solar Collectors Work. This home in Nevada has an integral collector storage (ICS) system to provide hot water. Solar collectors are the key component of active solar-heating systems. Solar collectors gather the sun's energy, transform its radiation into heat, then transfer that heat to water, solar fluid, or air. The solar thermal energy can be used in. There are several types of solar collectors:. Unglazed solar collectors typically u...

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Biomass Technology: Biomass Basics

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Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Biomass includes all plant and plant-derived material — essentially all energy originally captured by photosynthesis. This means that biomass is a fully renewable resource and that i ts use for. Chemicals, materials, or other. Biomass is already making key contributions. It has surpassed hydro-electric power as the largest domestic source of renewable energy. Biomass currently supplies over 3% of the U.S. total energy consumption — mostly through indust...These are refer...

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Active Solar Energy for Homes: Active Solar Water Heating

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Active Solar Energy for Homes. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Active Solar Water Heating. Nearly 300 homes in this San Diego development have solar water heating systems, and some have solar electric systems. The solar water heating collectors on the roof look like skylights. One of the most cost-effective ways to include renewable technologies into a building is by incorporating solar hot water. Solar Water Heating for Buildings. Active solar water heaters. Active solar water heaters rely on electric...

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Renewable Energy For Homes: Passive Solar Energy for cooling

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Renewable Energy For Homes. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Friday, February 2, 2007. Passive Solar Energy for cooling. The following techniques use passive solar strategies to provide cooling:. Graphic courtesy of North Carolina Solar Center. Passive solar design works by utilizing overhangs to shade a house during the heat of the summer and allow sunlight to penetrate the interior of the house during the winter. Passive solar design utilizes energy efficiency. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. How So...

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Renewable Energy For Homes: Complete "How to" Use Wind Energy

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Renewable Energy For Homes. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Sunday, January 1, 2006. Complete "How to" Use Wind Energy. We have harnessed the wind's energy for hundreds of years—from windmills that pump water or grind grain to today's wind turbines that generate electricity. If you live on at least one acre of land with an ample wind resource, you can generate your own electricity using a small wind electric system. You can also use a small wind turbine for pumping water. Small Wind Electric Systems.

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Renewable Energy For Homes: January 2007

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Renewable Energy For Homes. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Monday, January 1, 2007. Passive Solar Energy For Heat. A "passive" solar house provides cooling and heating to keep the home comfortable without the use of mechanical equipment. This style of construction results in homes that respond to the environment. The following techniques use passive solar strategies to provide heat:. Graphics courtesy of North Carolina Solar Center. In a design that employs indirect gain, an attached sunspace or Tromb...

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Biomass Technology: What Is Biomass

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Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Biomass is any organic material made from plants or animals. Domestic biomass resources include agricultural and forestry residues, municipal solid wastes, industrial wastes, and terrestrial and aquatic crops grown solely for energy purposes. Biofuels are any fuel derived from biomass. Agricultural products specifically grown for conversion to biofuels include corn and soybeans. R&D is currently being conducted to improve the conversion of non-grain crops, such a...The e...

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Renewable Energy For Homes: What Are Sun Spaces ?

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Renewable Energy For Homes. Renewable Energy Global Alliance. Saturday, March 3, 2007. What Are Sun Spaces? Homeowners with a sunspace frequently cite it as their favorite room of the house. Sunspaces provide light, warmth, aesthetics, and a healthy environment for plants and people. Sunspaces can also save money on home heating costs. In fact, well-designed sunspaces can provide up to 60% of a home’s winter heating requirements. Sunspaces contain the following elements:. The sunspace must receive direct...