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Solar Radiation Data for Armidale How much energy do we receive from the Sun.
Average daily sunshine hours Variation of the average daily amount of sunshine around Australia
Solar Position Calculator Where did
the Sun go? Pinpoint the Sun's position in the sky even on those infrequent
cloudy days!
Long-term
Climate Data for Armidale Summary charts for temperature are available
here. This page has also information on
heating degree days for Armidale.
For current weather information, the
UNE weather station has
data updated daily, and the
Bureau
of Meteorolgy weather station at the Airport is updated hourly.
More local
weather data, sunrise and sunset times, phases of the moon, etc. For
even more weather information, have a look at the radar images from Bureau
of Meteorolgy Weather
Watch Radar.
Greenhouse gas and air pollution source profile. Calculate what effect your household energy use has on greenhouse gas and air pollution.
New England Solar Power local solar power installations
Greenpeace Australia - Clean Energy Solutions
Australian Department of Climate Change
Alternative Technology Association non-profit community group that aims to use and promote environmentally friendly technology
Department Of Energy, Utilities, and Sustainabilty, New South Wales
Renewable Energy Programs at the Dept. Of Climate Change Website
Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering UNSW
Auslig Astronomical Data Information on the Sun's azimuth and elevation angles for any time and location, sunrise and sunset times, and more.
Mandatory Renewable Energy Target
International Solar Energy Society
American Solar Energy Society.
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
Solar Electric Power Association
Solar Today magazine in the U.S.
Passive Solar Retrofit Interesting publications from the North Carolina Solar Center.>
Australian Government Photovoltaic Rebate Programme
Green Building Retrofit Program (British Columbia)
Passive Solar Pop Top Retrofit
Passive Solar Design and Retrofit - Acrobat pdf file
DESIGN OF A SOLAR - GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING RETROFIT FOR A PHYSICS LABORATORY - Acrobat pdf file
Build-it Solar - Plans, tools and information to do renewable energy and conservation projects.
Solar Access - should you have access to unobstructed sunlight?
Zero Energy Challenge - zero net energy buildings.....
Watt Watchers - an education program that will reduce your schools energy costs.....
Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
EnergyWise Home - Guide to Energy-wise Design and Living (N.Z.)
North Carolina Solar Center has several factsheets available.
Suncharts for Passive Solar Design
Solarch National Solar Architecture Research Unit at the University of New South Wales. They also have a useful page of links to other internet resources.
Square One Solar Architecture Design Software, University of Western Australia
First Rate Energy Rating software demo package.
$500 discount for installing an Energy Smart water heater
Solar Energy Education and Solar Kts
US Dept of Energy Solar Buildings Program
Tom Elliot's Alternative Energy Information Page
Passive Solar Design - examples of some (expensive looking!) solar efficient buildings
Solar House Plans And Solar Collectors
Comfortable, Low Energy House Design Some tips from the Bureau of Meterology!
Winter Windows a flexible, light weight, totally transparent window insulation system
A Simple Design Methodology for Passive Solar Architecture Useful information from this architect in northern New Mexico.
DIY Double-glazing Retrofit (Acrobat pdf file)
Top Tips For Staying Warm (Acrobat pdf file) - from ACT Home Energy Advice Team - www.heat.net.au
DIY Enviro Retrofit a special workshop like this would be useful to learn how to DIY retrofit your house to save energy and water and use fewer resources.
Daylight Saving Time - "Saving Time, saving Energy" (California Energy Commission)
Making A Solar Space Heater Ron Lee's Do-It-Yourself Solar Heater (Australia)
Sun Lizard AFE Alternative Fuels and Energy solar air heater and cooler (Australia)
Jade Mountain Solar Space Heaters Commercially available product in the U.S.
SolAir Solar Space Heater (Alternative Energy Store) Another solar heater manufactured in the U.S.
Examples of Solar Hot Air Collector System Installations
Simple passive solar wall heater project
A Basic Solar Heater maybe suitable for a school project
Crystal Bay Solar - Products and Information
Solar Collector and Greenhouse Basics Manual
More Solar Space Heater Designs
EREN, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Network in U.S. has useful factsheets Heating Your Home with an Active Solar Energy System, and Residential Solar Heating Collectors, as well as general information on energy efficiency, solar technologies, and solar building design.
Solar Heat Storage Suggestions on Selecting and Using Thermal Storage Materials and Facilities
Short description of the Transpired Solar Collector For more details look at the SolarWall website. In particluar, the document "Solar Residential Construction Manual" has the technical information on this simple but effective design of solar air heater.
The Sun - Facts and Images
Me And My Shadow - Making the Sun-Earth Connection
Sunrise At The South Pole News archives from NASA
Dawn of a New Ozone Hole Sunrise at the South Pole reveals the Ozone Hole
Stanford Solar Center Educational resource on solar science. "The Sun is a mass of fiery stone, a little larger than Greece." --Anaxagoras 434 BC
Animation of inner solar system Click on a planet and get a draggable, pop-up box with information about the planet.
Solar Energy - Power for the New Millenium "Solar energy is sufficient to keep a carefully designed house warm."
Karl Kruszelnicki's Kern Kraft: affordable DIY solar hot water system
Making a solar water heater (school project)
Environment South Australia - The Power Of One
Solar Myths And Reality Myths clouding our most UN-UTILIZED resource
The Solar School designed to help students of high school age explore aspects of climate change
Practically Green A solar house in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
The Village of Lebak (Indonesia)
Plugging Into The Sun
Educational Resources (U.K.)
Steve's Renewable Energy Musings Another Renewable Energy Discussion and Educational Resource
Million Solar Roofs Program Information on initiative to install solar energy systems on one million U.S. buildings by 2010.
SolarGuide Factbase An introduction to Solar Energy technologies from the American Solar Energy Society.
Solar Home Principles and Design describes 7 applications of solar energy collection in a custom home design
Example of passive solar house design in the other New England. Built in 1981, it uses much less energy than homes built today.
Thermal Curtains: Making Your Windows Warm (Acrobat pdf) The Campus Center for Appropriate Technology
Window Quilts prevent heat loss through windows at night.
Global Warming An Environmental News Network In-depth Report
Solar Box Cookers An interesting overview of solar cookers, on the Journey To Forever website.
James Dulley Reference Articles Environmental, Ecological, Conservation and Money-Saving
Phase Change Building Material
Simply Solar Illinois Solar Energy Association FactSheet (Acrobat pdf)
International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
European Large-Scale Solar Heating Network
Solar Passion - Why Solar Energy?
Sun Fun
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you."
a Maori proverb
Solar Folklore
"Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers."
--5/6th grader
Solar Heating & Cooling Systems, Design for Australian Conditions. E.Baker, C.T. Floro, J.P. Gostelow, J. McCaffrey, Pergamon Press, 1984.
The Solar Living SourceBook: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living, John Schaeffer, Real Goods Trading Corporation, 1999.
Consumer Guide to Solar Energy, Second Edition, Scott Sklar, Kenneth Sheinkopf, Bonus Books Inc., 1995
The Fuel Savers : A Kit of Solar Ideas for Your Home, Apartment, or Business, Bruce Anderson (Editor), Morning Sun Press, 1991.
Affordable Passive Solar Homes : Low-Cost, Compact Designs, Richard Crowther, American Solar Energy Society, 1984.
The Solar Home : How to Design and Build a House You Heat With the Sun, Mark Freeman, Stackpole Books, 1994.
Fundamentals of Building Energy Dynamics (Solar Heat Technologies, Vol 4), Bruce D. Hunn (Editor), MIT Press, 1996. [Review]
Home Owners Guide to Free Heat, Erwin Kubsch, Bonnie Lindborg (Editor), Sunstore Farms, 1991.
Passive Solar Retrofit, Darryl Strickler, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.
The Passive Solar House , James Kachadorian, Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 1997.
A Solar Manifesto , Hermann Scheer, James&James, 2001. Description
The Sunshine Revolution, Harald N. Rostvik, Sun-Lab Publishers, 1992; 188 pp., ISBN 82-91052-03-4
Thermal Shutters & Shades, (subtitled Over 100 Schemes For Reducing Heat Loss Through Windows), by William A. Shurcliff, 1980; published by Brick House Publishing Co, 3 Main St, Andover MA, 01810, USA. ISBN 0-931790-08-5.
Sunshine To Dollars, Steven Harris, Knowledge Publications, 2002
Retrofitting for Energy Conservation, William H. Clark, McGraw-Hill, 1997, free abridged version
Australian Greenhouse Office, Australian Residential Building Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2010. Australian Greenhouse Office, 1999.
Edgerton SA, Khalil MAK, Rasmussen RA, Source Emission Characterisation of Residential Wood-Burning Stoves and Fireplaces. Environ. Sci. Technol., 1986, 20, 803-807.
Schwartz J., Dockery D.W., Neas L.M. Is Daily Mortality Associated Specifically With Fine Particles?, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 46(10):927-939, 1996 Oct.
Morgan G, Corbett S, Wlodarczyk J, Lewis P. Air pollution and daily mortality in Sydney, Australia, 1989 through 1993. Am J Public Health 1998 May;88(5):759-764.
Brunekreef, Burt. Air Pollution and Life Expectancy: Is There a Relation? Occup Environ Med 1997 Nov; 54(11):781- 4.
Environment Australia
State of Knowledge Report:
Air Toxics and Indoor Air Quality, 2001
(Section 7.2.1 Nitrogen Dioxide).
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis (IPCC)
The Australia Institute Comprehensive emissions per capita for industrialised countries, Sept. 2001, www.tai.org.au/WhatsNew_Files/WhatsNew/Percapita.htm
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