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Yet, through differences in its formation and evolution Venus has become a world with a surface and atmosphere astonishingly different from Earth: entirely devoid of water, lacking plate tectonics and its ability to bury CO2 and stabilize its, Venus's thick CO2 atmosphere traps the incoming solar radiation and heats up to about 740 K (464 C).

Electricity is locally produced by a photovoltaic power station that covers about the 60 % of the annual consumption; heating and AC systems use a heat pump powered by photovoltaic panel, thermal solar panel produce up to 100 % of the hot water used in bathrooms; during winter a pellet (compressed wood) high efficiency heating system can guarantee a comfortable warm temperature in all the houses.

C isothermic level in the pacific appeared to rise from an average of 400 meters to about 100 meters recently; I find myself wondering then how is it that the oceans heat content is dropping, the solar input appears to be consistant, that one of the GEWEX comitties appears to indicate that the atmospheric water vapor seems to be decreasing.

However, we're a long way from the energy end - game, and there's still plenty of room for more of us to wise up to the power of solar in all of its many guises, whether we're talking about delivering low - carbon cooking and water purification in the developing world or providing additional heat and zero - fuel options to modern America.

This is about an 85 % saving — as good as many solar water heating systems achieve.

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The house features: Earth sheltering on three sides with a carefully designed PAHS style insulation umbrella that uses the surrounding earth for thermal storage.Passive solar gain through the south triple glazed windows.Active solar through several Trombe walls integrated into the south wall.An extensive earth tube system that pre-heats incoming fresh air and recovers heat from outgoing stale air.A carefully designed back up wood heating system.Solar water heatingProvisions for solar electricity.The house is located at 45 degrees north latitude and has a serious winter — the total heating bill for the past two winters has been $ 70 worth of wood — about 0.6 cords.

More on Doug's solar water heater here... Passive solar design is not just about heating.

If the weather in your location is suitable and you use the average families amount of hot water each day (about 64 gallons), solar water heating is worthy of serious consideration.

It is not «conduction» but exchange of radiation; if you keep your hands parallel at a distance of some cm the right hand does not (radiatively) «warm» the left hand or vice versa albeit at 33 °C skin temperature they exchange some hundreds of W / m ² (about 500 W / m ²) The solar radiation reaching the surface (for 71 % of the surface, the oceans) is lost by evaporation (or evapotranspiration of the vegetation), plus some convection (20 W / ²) and some radiation reaching the cosmos directly through the window 8µm to 12 µm (about 20 W / m ² «global» average); only the radiative heat flow surface to air (absorbed by the air) is negligible (plus or minus); the non radiative (latent heat, sensible heat) are transferred for surface to air and compensate for a part of the heat lost to the cosmos by the upper layer of the water vapour displayed on figure 6 - C.

The solar heating of the surface is mostly carried away by evaporation, with some convection and some radiation arriving to the cosmos after escaping absorption by water vapor and clouds, for a global average of about 20 W / m ².

Solar heat at about 800 C makes the water (H2O) split into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O).

While I have talked mostly about using this collector for domestic solar water heating, it would also be fine for things like winter space heating, hot tub heating, and even pool heating into fall and winter in cold climates.

-- Solar Irradiance changes (let's say about 2 % and more)-- Now, world heats up temperature rises, ocean releases CO2 and water vapor as it warms (even with lag)-- Temperature rise even father, CO2 and water vapour are released until a natural balance limit is reached (otherwise you could «over-satisfy» the athmosphere)

Most of the buzz about solar is for generating electricity, but much of our natural gas is used for space and water heating, when this is the easiest and cheapest way to use solar to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve the resource,

That's unfortunate, according to scientists at the Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University in India, because using the sun's power to heat water is a far more efficient process and offers a much quicker return on investment: According to their analysis, published in the International Journal of Global Energy, as the payback time for a solar water heating system is about two years (with a lifespan of 20), this is a far more cost - effective use of solar energy in the developing world than using it to generate electricity.

Think about dashboard technologies, biodegradable or 100 % recyclable products, modular construction, green roofs, localized heat and power generation, LEED requirements and limitations, zero - waste, gray water and water capture, non-construction re-construction, daylighting, air quality, climate change requirements, solar, and cradle to cradle design.

When you compare the PV to the $ 1000 Solar Water Heating system, the comparison is even more lopsided — the two systems produce about the same amount of energy, but the $ 1K Solar Water Heating System only costs about $ 1,000 BEFORE rebates.