NASA Solar Energy: Economic Heating Solutions

At a glance..

This informative and detailed 60-page guide published by NASA explains both the advantages and disadvantages of homeowners installing solar energy. This NASA Solar Energy guide is thoroughly researched and easy to understand.

The details..

"An Inexpensive Economical Solar Heating System for Homes" provides homeowners with an affordable solution to reduce their heating bills by approximately 40%. The book is divided into three parts: (1) A brief background on solar heating, (2) Langley's experience with a demonstration system, and (3) information for the homeowner who wishes to construct such a system.

The authors provide detailed instructions on how homeowners can install off-the-shelf components that are estimated to cost $2000 in total. These include solar collector, heat exchanger, water pump, storage tank, piping and controls that make the entire process automatic.

Manufacturers and prices of each component used are given along with rough cost analysis based on these prices which would be convenient for any homeowner looking forward to constructing this inexpensive economical solar heating system at home.

In addition to providing step-by-step installation guidelines and costs associated with it; performance data obtained from a tested demonstration system built at Langley Research Center is also included in this report.