How a Solar-Powered Home Works (Eco Works)
By Robyn Hardyman.
Description
The ancient Greeks and Romans were the first to realize how to harness the sun for light and warmth. Today, its common to consider window placement for optimum use of the sun when building new structures, and its no longer unusual for buildings to use solar cells for electricity! Readers will be introduced to this exciting technology through brightly colored photographs and understandable explanations of how different kinds of solar power work. Sidebars focus on this technology up close while succinct fact boxes offer more ecological perspectives. Readers will not only learn why solar power...
ISBN(s)
1445139065, 9781445139067
