Solar technology : the earthscan expert guide to using solar energy for heating, cooling, and electricity /
Thorpe, Dave, 1954-.
Solar technology : the earthscan expert guide to using solar energy for heating, cooling, and electricity / Earthscan expert guide to using solar energy for heating, cooling, and electricity. David Thorpe. - [1st ed.] - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, Earthscan. - xvii, 238 pages : illustrations (chiefly coloured), coloured maps ; 26 cm. - Earthscan expert series. . - Earthscan expert series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Passive solar building -- Solar water heating -- Solar space heating -- Further solar thermal power applications -- Photovoltaics -- Stand-alone photovoltaics -- Concentrating solar power.
Solar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is the essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the technologies work, how best they should be employed, and the costs and benefits of using them. Solar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is the essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the technologies work, how best they should be employed, and the costs and benefits of using them.
9781849711098 (hardback) 1849711097 (hardback)
2010048664
Solar energy.
Solar buildings.
TJ810 / .T57 2011
696
Solar technology : the earthscan expert guide to using solar energy for heating, cooling, and electricity / Earthscan expert guide to using solar energy for heating, cooling, and electricity. David Thorpe. - [1st ed.] - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, Earthscan. - xvii, 238 pages : illustrations (chiefly coloured), coloured maps ; 26 cm. - Earthscan expert series. . - Earthscan expert series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Passive solar building -- Solar water heating -- Solar space heating -- Further solar thermal power applications -- Photovoltaics -- Stand-alone photovoltaics -- Concentrating solar power.
Solar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is the essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the technologies work, how best they should be employed, and the costs and benefits of using them. Solar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is the essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the technologies work, how best they should be employed, and the costs and benefits of using them.
9781849711098 (hardback) 1849711097 (hardback)
2010048664
Solar energy.
Solar buildings.
TJ810 / .T57 2011
696