Energy 1
Energy of the sun, which can be changed into other forms of energy, such as heat or electricity.
What is solar energy?
Digital meter that communicates to the electric company daily so electricity usage can be monitored by consumers more closely.
What is a smart meter?
To make a house better protected against the effects of weather.
What is weatherization?
What is a solar panel?
Transfer of thermal energy from rays or waves.
What is radiation?
Transfer of thermal energy between objects that are in contact with each other.
Transfer of thermal energy between currents of moving fluid (air or water).
What is convection?
A material used to separate surfaces to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound.
What is insulation?
A measure of a material's resistance to heat flow in units of Fahrenheit degrees x hours x square feet per Btu.
What is R-value?
Involves the use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function.
What is energy efficiency?