An Active Solar Primer

Just in time for next week's American Solar Energy Society (ASES) conference...

My colleague Jon Gardzelewski & I were asked to write an article on active solar energy systems for a magazine for rural homeowners.  Here's a link:

Is Solar Electric or Solar Thermal Best for You? (pdf)

An essential point is that consumers who may have priced solar electric systems a few years ago should not assume that those prices would hold true today.  Here's a slide which I've used from time to time.