Why Use Solar Energy For Heating?
The sun provides us with heat and light that is essential to life all year round. One of the most efficient ways of harnessing the sun’s solar energy is to use it to space heat our buildings, and produce hot water for our daily needs, such as washing, cleaning and cooking. We can use the sun to directly heat our buildings – this is known as passive heating – or we can use an intermediate storage and distribution medium such as water or air. The advantage of using water or air as a storage medium for the heat, is that we can concentrate the sun, and collect it efficiently using solar panels, and then using distribution network of pipes and ducts, we can direct the heat to where we want it; and more importantly direct the heat to the places where it can be utilized most efficiently. Can I use my roof to mount my solar heating panels? The roof seems an obvious place to want to mount your solar heating panels. After all, you have a large area which is currently unutilized just waiting for
