At the very beginning, following words are useful to you. Of course, you can email me for any questions..

Glossary

Absorbers:
Dark-colored objects that soak up heat in solar collectors.

Active solar heater:
A solar water or space heating system that moves heated air or water using pumps or fans.

Covers:
Clear materials that allow sunlight to pass into solar collectors and trap heat inside the collectors.

Flat-plate collector:
Large, flat boxes with glass covers and dark-colored metal plates inside that absorb heat.

Insulation:
Materials that prevent or slow down the movement of heat.

Passive solar heater:
A solar water or space heating system that moves heated air or water without using pumps or fans.

Passive solar home:
A house that uses a room or another part of the building as a solar collector.

Pipes:
Tubes that carry heated water from solar collectors to hot water tanks.

Solar collectors:
Boxes, frames, or tubes that trap the sun’s rays to produce heat.

Sunspace:
A room that faces sunshine, or a small structure attached to the sunny side of a house.

Thermal mass:
Materials that store heat within a sunspace or solar collector.

Vents:
Tubes that carry heated air from solar collectors to other parts of a house.