Guide to Solar Cooling
Solar Cooling
Using solar energy to power your home will help to reduce your carbon footprint and cut down on your energy bill. However, since it can be both difficult and expensive to make your entire home run on solar energy via photo voltaic panels, most people opt to use solar cooling.
Solar cooling uses solar energy to power your air conditioning system and is sure to reduce your energy bill. There are three methods in which solar cooling can be implemented and these include photovoltaic conversion, 
passive solar technology and solar thermal energy conversion.
Passive solar cooling involves the optimising the conduction system in a place to reduce heat and facilitate faster heat removal. Green roofs and radiant barriers are some of the most common methods of solar cooling used in this method. Solar thermal conversion uses thermal energy to power thermal coolers and can also be used to produce hot water. This method is used in desiccant coolers which work to reduce the humidity of a place by removing moisture from the air and cooling the area by evaporation.
Photovoltaic panels are used in solar powered air conditioners and can be used to cool large areas. This form of air conditioning is used in solar cars and trucks and is becoming increasingly popular. The biggest advantage to using solar cooling over an ordinary air conditioner is that no heat is released into the atmosphere.
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