Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
Product Description
Heating water with the sun is almost as old as humankind itself, and it is done all over the world. Yet there are strangely few resources on the topic in North America.
Solar Water Heating fills this gap. It reviews the history of solar water and space heating systems from prehistory to the present, then presents the basics of solar water heating, including an introduction to modern solar energy systems, energy conservation and energy economics. Drawing on the author’s experience as an installer of these systems, the book goes on to cover:
- Types of solar collectors, solar water and space heating systems and solar pool heating systems, including their advantages and disadvantages
- System components, their installation, operation, and maintenance
- System sizing and siting
- Choosing the appropriate system.
Since people often get turned off by the up-front cost, the book focuses especially on the financial aspects of solar water or space heating systems, clearly showing that such systems can save significant costs in the long run. Well-illustrated, the book is designed for a wide readership from the curious to the student or professional.
Bob Ramlow is the solar thermal consultant for the Wisconsin Focus on Energy Program. The owner of a renewable energy company, he has over 30 years experience with solar energy systems and is a founder and director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). Benjamin Nusz currently works as a solar water heating consultant and site assessor in Wisconsin.
Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
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MJL
Rating: 3 / 5
Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
Find out why your next home should be heated by a solar water system. This book will explain the ins and outs of various kinds of systems.
Rating: 5 / 5
Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
Content wise this is an excellent book. The level is just right for individuals that need to make the right choices to provide renewable Domistic Hot Water and Space Heating for their homes without having to sift through many non insightful therory and math. It has good collection of rules of thumb for a quick design. I have one criticism for this book. In my copy pages 113-144 are printed twice. The book is really only 240 pages and not 288 as stated in Amazon by the publisher. Not that the 40 extra pages would have completed the book. The book is fairly well written and complete as it is. I am just for saving paper/trees.
Rating: 4 / 5
Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
Great reference on solar water heating. Lots of options and details. The item is as described. Shipping was reasonable and prompt.
Rating: 5 / 5
Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
I read the book fully with one breath. Basically it contains almost everything what need to know about solar systems and their application. But I gave 4 stars. The reason is simple: I am not sharing the view as vacuum tubes or heatpipes are having a same efficiency as normal flat collectors having. In our climate only heatpipes are able to supply enough heat for heating and support for heating. All others are excellent!
Rating: 4 / 5
Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems