Introducing a cost efficient alternative to photovoltaics:
From solar powered calculators to rooftop solar panels, photovoltaics has been at the forefront of public knowledge when it comes to the solar energy industry. This one technology represents less than 1% of solar energy collection technologies.
New advancements in solar thermal collection and thermal conductive materials brings forth new systems of heating and climate control that could shift the economics of every sector. Using solar thermal collectors placed in advantageous locations on a structure or property, heat from the sun can be collected and transferred into the building. Harrison bimetallic thermal diverters allow the user to precisely control the temperature of any room in the system. The estimated economic offset, were these systems to be adapted nationwide in the U.S. are to the tune of 129 Billion dollars annually in the residential sector alone.
This money, when diverted to expendable income, would boost every other market across the board.
The thermal collectors can be decoupled during hot weather, and the same system acts as a thermal shield which could lower cooling costs by an estimated 12%.
This technology can be used as an alternative or in combination with photovoltaics, to decrease your economic dependence on climate control, and move towards achieving energy independence.