"Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius" shows its readers how to build a number of practical solar power projects for the home. The author, Gavin Harper, describes 50 different solar power projects and provides you will all the information you will need to complete them. The projects progress in difficulty, so you can move from the simple projects to the most difficult at your own pace. Illustrations accompany the instructions and thorough explanations of the science and math behind the projects, as well as the results are in the book.
The Dummies series takes the often difficult components of solar power and makes it easy to understand. "Solar Power For Dummies" provides an in-depth discussion on how solar power works and how you can design and complete projects for your home. This e-book provides plenty of tips and hands-on tutorials on how to make your home more energy efficient. The book assists you in evaluating your home on its current energy efficiency and describes projects to make it even more environmentally-friendly. The book provides illustrations, do-it-yourself projects and shows you how to calculate your return on investment for each project so you can determine whether or not the project is feasible.
This e-book provides a way of understanding and use solar power to your benefit, without the technical language that is often difficult to comprehend. "Understanding and Installing Your Own Solar Electric System" offers you an in-depth overview of solar power so you fully understand its uses and benefits. From there, energy conservation is explained before moving onto the components of a solar power system. For better comprehension, worksheets and charts are provided in each section that helps you determine what type of project you will need and the components needed. A glossary is provided for terms that are especially difficult to grasp. As an added plus, the e-book also provides over 150 links to online resources on the different aspects of solar power.
The "Solar Power Design Manual" e-book seems short, but provides a great deal of the information you need to design and install solar power systems for the home and more. A bit more technical than other similar manuals, it still provides information on the components of solar power, as well as the necessary procedures to design and install your own system. Simple diagrams throughout the book help you grasp how solar power works. The author helps you decide what solar power system you may need, how to estimate how much solar energy you use now and what components are needed.