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The Basics of Solar Heating

The Basics of Solar Heating
Solar Heating
The process of Solar Heating harnesses the energy of the sun (solar energy) to heat any number of things, including a setting or even water.

Passive Solar Heating Versus Active Solar Heating

One kind of Solar Heating, known as “Passive Solar Heating,” does not require any additional equipment to power the process. Passive Solar Heating functions all-inclusively, to collect, house and then transfer heat through a structure.

Another kind of Solar Heating, “Active Solar Heating,” relies on other mechanics (typically pumps) to move material from the solar collector into a secondary stage — either to the area where the heating is required (the room of a building) or to an area where the heat is then stored.


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Urban Planning

The Basics of Urban Planning, From a Green Perspective

Urban Planning
Urban Planning, in general, is a concept and a discipline that involves how we develop and use the land available to us as a society — from the buildings and infrastructure of a city, to the social aspects of how bodies function and move within those spaces, to the integration of distinct communities within that entire city or location.

Further Defining Urban Planning

Within the overarching discipline of Urban Planning, then, other distinct development disciplines fall: landscape architecture, architecture, urban design and in contemporary society, urban renewal — Continue reading