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Default Solar windows could meet 'nearly all' of America's electricitydemand

On 10/25/2017 09:10 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Even if they only capture 30%, if it's winter and you're heating your home, then you're taking 30% of the sunlight IR gain away from the windows, then redirecting that to electric heaters,
which gives you nothing whatsoever.


I use R5 drapes in the winter.

What if we used the juice to power a heat pump?