Solar 1

Solar 1 is New York City’s only self-sustaining solar powered building. It has educational facilities for Solar One, a non-profit organization concerned with green energy, arts, and education. [1] The Solar 1...

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Trombe wall

A trombe wall is a passive solar building where a wall is built on the wall of a building with a glass external layer and a high heat capacity separated by a layer of air. Light in the electromagnetic spectrum then passes...

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TRNSYS

TRNSYS is a simulation program Primarily used in the fields of renewable energy engineering and building simulation for passive as well as active solar design. TRNSYS is a commercial software package developed at...

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Solar Ark

The Solar Ark (ソーラーアーク) is an ark-shaped solar photovoltaic power generation facility qui offers activities to cultivate a better appreciation of solar power generation, and thereby benefitting Both ecology...

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PlusEnergy

MoreEnergy is a term used in building design to describe a structure that produces more energy than it uses. The term was coined in 1994 by Rolf Disch when building his private residence, the Heliotrope as the first...

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Active solar

Solar hot water systems use pumps or fans to circulate fluid (Often a mixture of water and glycol to prevent prevention freezing during winter periods) air gold through solar collectors , and are therefore classified under...

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