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    Green heating and cooling technologies maximize nature's ability to heat and cool buildings without furnaces or air conditioners. There are two main categories - passive solar technologies that use sunlight and site features to naturally heat and cool, and active solar technologies that use mechanical and electrical components to harness renewable resources. Examples of green technologies include geothermal heat pumps that use the stable temperature of the earth to heat and cool buildings efficiently, as well as solar thermal systems and photovoltaics that convert sunlight into usable energy forms. While green technologies provide environmental benefits over fossil fuels, their initial costs can be higher and they require proper installation and maintenance.

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    Green heating and cooling technologies maximize nature's ability to heat and cool buildings without furnaces or air conditioners. There are two main categories - passive solar technologies that use sunlight and site features to naturally heat and cool, and active solar technologies that use mechanical and electrical components to harness renewable resources. Examples of green technologies include geothermal heat pumps that use the stable temperature of the earth to heat and cool buildings efficiently, as well as solar thermal systems and photovoltaics that convert sunlight into usable energy forms. While green technologies provide environmental benefits over fossil fuels, their initial costs can be higher and they require proper installation and maintenance.

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    Green heating and cooling technologies maximize nature's ability to heat and cool buildings without furnaces or air conditioners. There are two main categories - passive solar technologies that use sunlight and site features to naturally heat and cool, and active solar technologies that use mechanical and electrical components to harness renewable resources. Examples of green technologies include geothermal heat pumps that use the stable temperature of the earth to heat and cool buildings efficiently, as well as solar thermal systems and photovoltaics that convert sunlight into usable energy forms. While green technologies provide environmental benefits over fossil fuels, their initial costs can be higher and they require proper installation and maintenance.

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    Green Heating and Cooling Technologies

    Use your notes to help you answer these questions.


    1. In addition to Santa Clara University, give an example of another
    type of place that has benefited from green technology.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    2. The two categories:
    __________________
    __________________

    maximize nature's ability to heat and cool


    without furnaces or air conditioners
    use a variety of mechanical heating and
    cooling systems

    3. Where can we find geothermal energy?


    ________________________________________________________________________
    4. What is the role of the heat pump in geothermal energy?
    ________________________________________________________________________
    5. Passive solar energy systems are complex and require constant
    maintenance.
    T
    F
    6. How is sunlight used in a direct gain system?
    ________________________________________________________________________
    7. Photovoltaic
    materials
    ____________________.

    convert

    sunlight

    directly

    into

    8. What is one drawback of photovoltaic systems?


    ________________________________________________________________________
    9. What is biomass?
    ________________________________________________________________________
    10.
    How does biomass compare to fossil fuels such as oil and
    propane?

    ________________________________________________________________________
    11. In hydronic systems, boilers heat __________ using solar energy
    and geothermal energy.
    12.

    Hydronic heat transfer:

    _________________

    heat energy moves from object to object

    _________________

    the transfer of energy through electromagnetic


    waves

    _________________

    warm water rises while the cooler water sinks

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