This book presents techniques for building and optimizing structures with integrated solar energy systems. It describes active solar systems such as photovoltaics and parabolic concentrators as well as passive solar systems and covers optimal materials to use, daylighting, shading, solar blinds, rock and water energy storage and more. It discusses the best ways to site a solar structure considering exposure, elevation, slope, clearance, wind protection, etc. The book includes numerous full-color figures and more than 100 MATLAB® files.
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Presents techniques for building and optimizing structures with local solar energy systems
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Describes active solar systems such as photovoltaics and parabolic concentrators as well as passive solar systems and covers such things as optimal materials to use, daylighting, shading, solar blinds, rock and water energy storage and more
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Provides more than 100 MATLAB® files on website for further modeling and analysis
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Explains how solar energy is attenuated through the atmosphere, including dimming, scattering, clouds, air temperature, etc., and how to model for it
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Discusses the best ways to site a solar structure considering exposure, elevation, slope, clearance, wind protection and more
Preface
Chapter 1 : Energy Sources, Energy Uses and Global Warming
Chapter 2 : The Internal Environment of a Residence
Chapter 3 : Heat Losses from a Residence
Chapter 4 : The Seasons and Solar Angles
Chapter 5 : Solar Energy and its Attenuation Through the Atmosphere
Chapter 6 : Transmission of Light Through Glazing
Chapter 7 : Climate and Siting of a Solar Structure
Chapter 8 : Solar Structures, From Early to Modern
Chapter 9 : Passive Solar Collection
Chapter 10 : Non-Concentrating, Active Solar Collectors
Chapter 11 : Parabolic Trough Concentrators
Chapter 12 : High Concentration Solar Thermal Systems
Chapter 13 : Generation from Photovoltaic Panels
Chapter 14 : Architectural Considerations for Capturing Solar Energy
Chapter 15 : Structural Design Requirements in a North American Home
Chapter 16 : Methods of Energy Storage
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
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