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Residential Units Supplied by Solar Power: See the Difference!
from: Forsgrens
For sure, you want to have a home of your own. It will be costly if you will be spending the rest of your life paying for monthly rentals of your apartment. Add to it the cost of your electric and water utility bills and the possible cost in case one part of your apartment needs repair of improvement.
For instance, you have enough money (either by cash or by mortgage) to buy a new home. A realtor offered you a home that is well-furnished, had a very low monthly energy cost, and installed with the latest state-of-the-art energy saving lighting and heating systems. Are you willing to take the opportunity of owning it?
The aforementioned description of home is called a solar-powered residential unit (SPRU) or commonly known as solar home. It is quite cheaper in terms of monthly energy consumption cost and is energy efficient compared to traditional homes. Continue reading this article and see for yourself the difference.
Most of the traditional homes today are filled with lighting and energy equipment that is conventional in nature. 45 percent of the energy consumed in almost all households around the world is reserved for heating and cooling. 55 percent of the conventional energy used in homes is accounted to the use of electricity.
Most of this conventional energy is generated through burning fossil fuels. Because of the higher demand of fossil fuel usage, there is an increase in the prices that is carried to the monthly electric bills of a regular household consumer. That is why there is an increase both in the generation and distribution charges of electric utility companies.
SPRU or solar homes are designed and built to capture energy from the sunlight and transforming it into a highly efficient source of renewable energy. In other words, it will provide you a home with cheaper consumption of electricity, water heating, space heating in winter, and space cooling in summer.
SPRU Components
Using the energy generated from the sun is relatively economical and at the same time environmental in nature. However, before you experience the comfort of an SPRU, you need to be familiarized with the components that will be used. These are briefly discussed in the preceding items.
• Photovoltaic cells- it is the capturing element of your solar home. It generally consists of a small cell which holds a silicon substance under glass. When the rays of the sun hit the cell, the silicon initiates an electrical reaction that produces a charge. This charge is collected by small wires.
• Solar panel- a collection of solar cells that constitutes as a unit in a frame.
• Solar system- it is an interconnected sets of solar panels. Remember that a single solar panel cannot provide enough electricity. It converts enough sunlight into electricity.
• Inverter- it converts the direct current (DC) generated by solar panels into alternating current (AC) power that can be used in home or fed back into a utility power grid system.
How SRPU System Works
The sunlight will enter the solar panels which will be converted into DC electricity. This DC electricity that is produced enters the inverter and turns it into 120-volt AC electricity that is the standard voltage needed by home appliances. AC electricity will be entering the utility panel of the house and distribute it to electricity loads such as appliances and lighting equipments.
When there is excess solar energy generated, it can be stored in the battery as DC electricity. This can be used to supply your house electricity in case of a power failure or at nighttime.
Solar homes are just right for every household who wants to cross cut their electricity expenses.
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