| ve become accustomed to turning a dial or pushing a | | | | facing the sun. The sunlight gets trapped and stored |
| button in order to have heat. These ways are nice but | | | | inside this wall and is then circulated though vents and |
| they may be inconvenient as well. Heating homes, | | | | the top and the bottom of the wall. The wall radiates |
| schools or businesses with solar energy is not only | | | | the heat. |
| easy but cost effective as well. There are several | | | | Transpired collector is also a wall that is used facing |
| ways that we can capture the sun's heat even in | | | | the sun. The wall absorbs the sunlight and heats the air |
| winter times. In order to capture the sun's heat you | | | | when it enters into the ventilation system. |
| need a solar source. This source can be something | | | | Solar Cooling is a great way to ventilate a building. It |
| that will attract the sun rays but trap the heat from it | | | | absorbs the solar heat and cools it making ice with a |
| when it enters the source. A good example is a | | | | solar powered steam engine that is attached to a |
| sunroom. | | | | cooling device. |
| These rooms are attached to a home or a building | | | | Solar Chimney is also a solar ventilation system. It is |
| and are constructed of glass panels from the floor to | | | | made of a thermal mass that is hollow inside. The |
| the ceiling. It is usually facing the morning sun in order to | | | | chimney will warm the air inside the chimney and |
| get the full affect of the heat. When the sun shines | | | | causing the heat to rise. The rise allows the air to |
| into the room the glass allows the sunrays heat the | | | | circulate and vent properly. |
| furniture and everything in the room. These areas | | | | There are several ways that we can provide heating |
| become the source that holds the heat in so that it will | | | | and cooling to our homes, businesses, buildings or other |
| not escape back out of the glass. This type of heating | | | | structures that need to be heated. The ways listed |
| is natural and can be very efficient if it is constructed | | | | above are by using all natural material that will pay off |
| correctly. | | | | in the long run when you have heat using the sun and |
| Other forms of solar power heat are: | | | | not an artificial heating source that may be produced |
| Thermal mass that absorbs and holds in the heat. It | | | | by non-renewable resources. We all need heat no |
| traps and holds heat while the sun is shining and | | | | matter what. We need to find out what ways we can |
| disperses the heat when the sun goes down. | | | | save the heat from the day to keep our house warm |
| Trombe Wall is a natural solar heating and ventilation | | | | at night. Not only does it work for heating but also |
| system that uses air channels to hold the heat | | | | cooling as well. |
| between a glass object and a thermal mass that is | | | | |