Product Details
Product Code: PUBL031
Name: Planning and Installing Solar Thermal Systems
Description: I have been looking for a good, up-to-date technical book on designing and installing active solar energy systems for at least 3 years. This summer at the American Solar Energy Association Conference in Cleveland I came across this title, and found exactly what I had been searching for.

This book is not about the altruistic, political, or socio-economic impact of solar energy systems. It goes immediately to the technical core of how active solar thermal systems should be designed and covers a wide spectrum of hardware. Beautifully illustrated in full color, this book is published in the UK. Although written in English, it uses metric unit throughout. I found it covers methods of system design currently used in Europe where solar energy use is growing very quickly. These methods are sure to follow into the North American market as interest in solar energy usage continues to increase .

Trust me, it will take you quite a while to read through this book. It is packed with information and very well organized. The artwork is superb, and helps in quickly understanding concepts such as thermal stratification, heat exchanger performance, and how collector mounting systems can be adapted to different roof styles. It is obvious that hundreds of hours went into the artwork alone.

If you are interested in adding solar to you repertoire of hydronic heating skills this is a great book to go through. It will without a doubt influence the choice of materials and methods you will eventually choose to work with. This is not a cheap book intended for average consumers. It is a comprehensive technical reference you will refer to many times, and it is worth every penny of its price.

Published by the German Solar Energy Society, published in UK.
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Price $: 140.00