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Solar air heat

The front façade of this building is a transpired solar air heating system that heats the incoming ventilation air for the facility.

Solar air heating is a solar thermal technology in which the energy from the sun, insolation, is captured by an absorbing medium and used to heat air.[1] Solar air heating is a renewable energy heating technology used to heat or condition air for buildings or process heat applications. It is typically the most cost-effective out of all the solar technologies, especially in commercial and industrial applications, and it addresses the largest usage of building energy in heating climates, which is space heating and industrial process heating.

Solar air collectors can be divided into two categories:[2]

  • Unglazed Air Collectors or Transpired Solar Collector (used primarily to heat ambient air in commercial, industrial, agriculture and process applications)
  • Glazed Solar Collectors (recirculating types that are usually used for space heating)
  1. ^ "Solar Thermal Collectors - Energy Explained, Your Guide To Understanding Energy - Energy Information Administration". Tonto.eia.doe.gov. 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  2. ^ "Advanced Manufacturing Office: Industrial Distributed Energy". Eere.energy.gov. Retrieved 2014-05-04.

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