Comments on: Solar panels: the new curtains http://www.greenbang.com/solar-panels-the-new-curtains_3439.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve O'Donnell http://www.greenbang.com/solar-panels-the-new-curtains_3439.html/comment-page-1#comment-3051 Steve O'Donnell Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:29:52 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/3439/solar-panels-the-new-curtains/#comment-3051 Solar curtains sound expensive (both financially and perhaps even in total life energy cost) ordinary curtains are cheap and very effective. At home drawing curtains can significantly reduce heat loss, in business curtains in refrigerated buildings like cold stores and data centers are highly effective. See my article http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/04/18/being-smart/. Steve<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3051','Steve O\'Donnell'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3051','Steve O\'Donnell','Solar curtains sound expensive (both financially and perhaps even in total life energy cost) ordinary curtains are cheap and very effective. At home drawing curtains can significantly reduce heat loss, in business curtains in refrigerated buildings like cold stores and data centers are highly effective. See my article http:\/\/www.thehotaisle.com\/2008\/04\/18\/being-smart\/.\r\n\r\nSteve'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Solar curtains sound expensive (both financially and perhaps even in total life energy cost) ordinary curtains are cheap and very effective. At home drawing curtains can significantly reduce heat loss, in business curtains in refrigerated buildings like cold stores and data centers are highly effective. See my article http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/04/18/being-smart/.

Steve

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]]> By: Roger from Green Planet Solar Energy http://www.greenbang.com/solar-panels-the-new-curtains_3439.html/comment-page-1#comment-2825 Roger from Green Planet Solar Energy Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:01:40 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/3439/solar-panels-the-new-curtains/#comment-2825 The solar curtains are a great idea and if they are as effective as stated they should be mandatory in new buildings and made available with rebates to the general population. We hear a lot about how solar energy has a low efficiency rate. Yet we have tolerated the ~25% efficiency of the petrol engine for many decades, and you don't hear of industry refusing to build cars based on that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2825','Roger from Green Planet Solar Energy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2825','Roger from Green Planet Solar Energy','The solar curtains are a great idea and if they are as effective as stated they should be mandatory in new buildings and made available with rebates to the general population.\r\n\r\nWe hear a lot about how solar energy has a low efficiency rate. Yet we have tolerated the ~25% efficiency of the petrol engine for many decades, and you don\'t hear of industry refusing to build cars based on that.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The solar curtains are a great idea and if they are as effective as stated they should be mandatory in new buildings and made available with rebates to the general population.

We hear a lot about how solar energy has a low efficiency rate. Yet we have tolerated the ~25% efficiency of the petrol engine for many decades, and you don’t hear of industry refusing to build cars based on that.

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