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2. Trombe wall - Wikipedia

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   The house is located along the northern boundary of the site to maximize the unshaded access to available sunlight. The two-story building has 600 ft 2 of thermal storage wall which is constructed of concrete and painted with a selective black paint over a masonry sealer. Although the main heating is accomplished by radiation and convection ...

3. How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels

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   A household with a "comparatively large well-positioned balcony system in a sunny spot facing south" can produce 15% of its electricity with balcony solar, according to Peter Stratmann, head of ...

4. Photovoltaic system - Wikipedia

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   A photovoltaic system, also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.It consists of an arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and convert sunlight into electricity, a solar inverter to convert the output from direct to alternating current, as well as mounting, cabling, and ...

5. Off-the-grid - Wikipedia

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   Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle [1] designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid , but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from ...

6. Home energy storage - Wikipedia

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   As the number of people of grid increases, the cost of the grid will be spread across fewer consumers making, "the incentive to go off-grid only grow". [12] This is seen as an increasingly large disadvantage to home energy storage, as it could lead to the abandoning of a large infrastructure network created to maintain grids, price inflation ...

7. Passive solar building design - Wikipedia

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   An attached sunspace, also sometimes called a solar room or solarium, is a type of isolated gain solar system with a glazed interior space or room that is part of or attached to a building but which can be completely closed off from the main occupied areas. It functions like an attached greenhouse that makes use of a combination of direct-gain ...