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• Positioning our homes so that large windows face the sun at midday

• Using passive storage masses, which are heat-absorbing walls of concrete and brick that absorb the sun’s heat

• Using window treatments, such as shutters and curtains, to hold in heat

• Using high-spectrum insulation in the walls, floors, and ceilings

Large windows allow the sun’s light and heat into the home.

• Using active storage-mass solar panels in which the sun heats a black-painted surface and the resultant hot air is pumped around the building

• Using active solar panels in which fluid is heated and pumped into the heating system

• Using photovoltaic cells, which transfer solar energy into electricity

• Using solar flues and chimneys to create cool airflow from hot air