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Residential
Solar Air Heating Projects
A Partial List for the Kansas City Area
Dearborn Family Supplements Heating
If you have a great room with a south-facing exterior wall,
you have a great opportunity to very cost effectively leverage solar power in your home. Jim and Susan Brown of Dearborn, Missouri, (near Kansas City) did that by installing a solar air heating system from The Energy Savings Store. The system enables them to save more than 20 percent on their electricity
bill every month.
The Browns installed the 1.5kW SolarSheat system with hopes
of saving energy, and ultimately cutting their electric bills. The panels are 4′x8′ in size, and can heat more than 1,000 square
feet of open space in a home or cabin. The panel is installed on
the outside wall, and draws in cool air from the bottom of the inside wall up through the heated solar panel. The flow is
created using a small fan powered by a small photovoltaic cell
on the black panel. The temperature inside the system might
reach 110 degrees on a sunny day, blowing warm air into a
vent located at the top of the interior wall.
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