Table of Contents
| 1.0 | INTRODUCTION |
| 1.1 COMMENTS ON ENERGY AND SOCIETY | |
| 1.2 TYPES OF ENERGY | |
| 1.3 RENEWABLE ENERGY | |
| 1.4 ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES | |
| 1.5 ECONOMICS | |
| 1.6 ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATES | |
| 1.7 GROWTH (EXPONENTIAL) | |
| 1.8 SOLUTIONS | |
| 2.0 | ENERGY AND POWER |
| 2.1 PHILOSOPHY | |
| 2.2 DEFINITION OF ENERGY AND POWER | |
| 2.3 HEAT | |
| 2.4 LAWS OF THERMODYNNAMICS | |
| 2.5 ENERGY DILEMNA IN LIGHT OF LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS | |
| 2.5.1 Conservation | |
| 2.5.2 Efficiency | |
| 2.5.3 Use of Fossil Fuels | |
| 2.6 WAYS TO SAVE ENERGY | |
| 3.0 | SUN |
| 3.1 SOLAR POWER | |
| 3.2 ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION | |
| 3.2.1 Light | |
| 3.2.2 Blackbody Radiation | |
| 3.3 ENERGY BALANCE OF EARTH | |
| 3.4 EARTH-SUN MOTION | |
| 3.4.1 Solar Position | |
| 3.4.2 Earth Motion | |
| 3.5 GREENHOUSE EFFECT | |
| 3.6 INSOLATION | |
| 4.0 | TRANSFER AND STORAGE OF HEAT |
| 4.1 CONDUCTION | |
| 4.2 CONVECTION | |
| 4.3 RADIATION | |
| 4.4 THERMAL MASS | |
| 4.4.1 Thermal Mass Patterns | |
| 4.4.2 Specific Heat | |
| 4.5 SEASONAL HEATING OR COOLING | |
| 4.6 THERMAL COMFORT | |
| 5.0 | SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING |
| 5.1 BUILDING | |
| 5.1.1 Air Quality | |
| 5.1.2 Air and Vapor Barriers | |
| 5.1.3 Wind and Vegetation | |
| 5.2 PASSIVE | |
| 5.3 WINDOWS AND GLAZING | |
| 5.3.1 Other Glazings | |
| 5.3.2 Solar Heating | |
| 5.3.3 Shading | |
| 5.4 PASSIVE HEATING AND COOLING | |
| 5.4.1 Direct Gain | |
| 5.4.2 Indirect Gain | |
| 5.4.3 Cooling | |
| 5.5 ACTIVE HEATING | |
| 5.5.1 Flat Plate Collectors | |
| 5.5.2 Domestic Hot Water | |
| 5.6 ACTIVE COOLING | |
| 5.7 DAYLIGHTING | |
| 5.8 HYBRID AND OTHER | |
| 6.0 | DESIGN OF SYSTEMS |
| 6.1 PASSIVE SYSTEMS | |
| 6.2 HYBRID SYSTEMS | |
| 6.3 ACTIVE SYSTEMS | |
| 6.4 UNDERGROUND HOMES | |
| 6.5 COMPUTER SOFTWARE | |
| 6.6 OTHER | |
| 7.0 | OTHER SYSTEMS |
| 7.1 TRACKING | |
| 7.2 CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS | |
| 7.3 PHOTOVOLTAICS | |
| 7.3.1 Physics Basics | |
| 7.3.2 Photovoltaic Basics | |
| 7.3.3 Applications | |
| 7.4 BIOMASS | |
| 7.5 WIND ENERGY | |
| 7.6 WATER PUMPING | |
| 7.7 STORAGE | |
| 7.8 DRYING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND LUMBER | |
| 7.9 OTHER | |
| 8.0 | LARGE SYSTEMS |
| 8.1 ELECTRICITY | |
| 8.1.1 Wind | |
| 8.1.2 Solar | |
| 8.2 COMMERCIAL HOT WATER AND HEAT | |
| 8.3 BIOENERGY | |
| 8.4 VILLAGE POWER | |
| 9.0 | INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES |
| 9.1 INCENTIVESREGULATIONS | |
| 9.2 PENALTIES AND EDUCATION | |
| 9.3 LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS |
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9.3.1 National
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9.3.2 State and Local
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9.3.3 Electric Utility Restructuring
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9.3.4 Net Metering
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| 9.4 LEGAL | |
| 9.5 ENVIRONMENTAL | |
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9.5.1 Green Power
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9.5.2 Externalities
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| 10.0 | ECONOMICS |
| 10.1 INTRODUCTION | |
| 10.2 FACTORS AFFECTING ECONOMICS | |
| 10.3 GENERAL COMMENTS | |
| 10.4 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | |
| 10.4.1 Simple Payback | |
| 10.4.2 Cost of Energy | |
| 10.4.3 Value of Energy | |
| 10.5 LIFE CYCLE COSTS | |
| 10.6 PRESENT WORTH AND LEVELIZED COSTS | |
| 10.7 EXTERNALITIES | |
| 10.8 SUMMARY |
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| 10.9 FUTURE | |
| 11.0 | PROJECTS |
| APPENDIX | |
| A.1 MATHEMATICS OF EXPONENTIAL GROWTH | |
| A.2 LIFETIME OF A FINITE RESOURCE | |
| A.3 CONVERSION | |
| A.4 SIGNIFICANT DIGITS |
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| R-U VALUES |