Many people know that south-facing windows can help to heat a house in the winter because they let a lot of sunlight in. Exactly how much of the south-facing wall…
Warm millennium, that is. And Southern Hemisphere, that is. New research suggests that Earth will continue to warm into the year 3000, even if human-caused carbon dioxide emissions stop right…
…80% of the maximal output (when the panels face south), as illustrated in Figure 5. The folks in LA will fare slightly better — about 82%. Figure 5: South-facing vs….
…the energy analyses, limiting the graphs to the daily cycle. For example, we can place three sensors on the east, south, and west sides of the house shown in Figure…
…air mass important to predicting solar energy performance of a building? Figure 2 Let’s consider a high latitude location like Boston. For a south-facing window, the Sun is lower in…
…sadly has to stay back at work, so it’s just the kids and me on the The kids, in chocolate heaven… drive South. Fortunately, my pre-planning extended beyond the moment…
Visualizing design issues in heliostat layouts of concentrated solar power stations with Energy3D Blog Post
…effect). In the northern hemisphere, however, the heliostats to the south of the tower (the south field) cannot face the sun directly as they must be positioned at an angle…
…solar farm consisting of solar panel arrays driven by horizontal single-axis trackers (HSAT) with the axis fixed in the north-south direction and the panels rotating from east to west to…
…their innovation and creativity. Emerlyn Gatchalian, West Contra Costa Unified School District, Hercules, CA As a child, Emerlyn Gatchalian was always the teacher: “I’d always get the role of teacher…
…Figure 2. Comparison of measured and calculated solar radiation on a south-facing plate at 10 US locations. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory also measured the solar radiation on surfaces that…