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Dennis E. Zirbel, Architect
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Solar Room Heaters
Do-It-Yourself Solar Heat Collectors
Wouldn't you love to heat your home with free energy from the sun? There are simple, inexpensive, do-it-yourself solar projects that can reduce your heating bills.
If you have at least one unshaded, south-facing window, you can use a solar heat grabber to direct warm air into your home.
The sun's energy can be captured by homemade solar hot-air collectors and thermosiphoning panels to provide free heat. The units direct air warmed by the sun through a window or wall opening into the adjoining room.
If you're serious about cutting your home heating bills this winter, one of these inexpensive, do-it-yourself projects will help
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EERE- Solar Room Heaters
Solar air heating systems use air as the working fluid for absorbing and transferring solar energy. Solar air collectors (devices to heat air using solar energy) can directly heat individual rooms or can potentially pre-heat the air passing into a heat recovery ventilator or through the air coil of an air-source heat pump.
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