GEOG 3EE3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thermal Mass, Facing Windows
6 Dec 2014
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Seasonal differences more energy in summer than winter. In the summer, the sun spends more time overhead, so horizontal surfaces will get more energy than vertical surfaces, opposite is true for winter. Solar heat to produce electricity focused parabolic mirrors to heat a black pipe that then powers a generator. Solar ovens small simple systems that can be used in poor areas. The current large source of food cooking is biomass = wood and dung. Not enough wood for everyone, massive deforestation. Using free fertilizer and resorting to buying replacements. Issues with it, not for urban settings, restricted on the sun, has to move with the sun. Planting deciduous trees and plants on south facing windows is useful because they have leaves when you want the shade, and allow energy when in winter.
