When
anyone needs of solar energy for the home, there are many kinds of solar
energy. There are two parts of solar energy, one is the method used to get
energy, and the other is the type of energy that it is converted into power to
fulfill one’s needs. There are two methods used for converting energy into
useful power and these are the Passive and Active Energies. These energies are
useful methods that could be utilized to make your home go 70% solar power,
thus helping you save hundreds of dollars on electric charges.

The
types are mentioned below:

PASSIVE
ENERGY:

The
form of energy accumulating method is done without using any specific device.
It is a natural form of letting the sunlight into your house, through the south-facing
window, that gives light, heat, and energy needed for the specific uses.

ACTIVE
ENERGY:

This
method refers to using technical devices for storing and converting energy,
such as solar panels for battery chargers, water-heating systems, etc. This
form is more widely used and is in development, with more and more devices
being added to the list each day. Now, these energies are further divided into
applications and equipment’s that are used to make your home a solar-powered
house, it means evergreen.

PASSIVE
SOLAR HEATING:

Using
the natural way to get energy, homes are now built with the windows facing
south so that the heat could be gained and the energy could be absorbed. For
this reason, not any type of window will do. There has to be a special kind of
window that suits and reasonable with this solar energy.

PASSIVE
COOLING:

Just
like passive heating is to make south windows for heat to come into the house,
passive cooling is all about designing your house to take benefit of landscapes
and cool breezes which will minimize the heat gain and yet keep your home
ventilated.

ACTIVE
HEATING:

Active
heating has the same goal as passive heating, albeit it uses devices for this
purpose. The devices could be liquid-based or air-based. The liquid-based
systems use water tanks for heat storage and are distributed through radiant
slab systems or hot-water baseboards.

ACTIVE
SOLAR WATER HEATING:

Now
if you want to have hot water for winters, you no longer have to do so with
electric heaters. All you have to do is heat the water in solar collectors, a
device that is kept at a place where the sun’s heat hits the most.

ACTIVE
AIR BASED SYSTEM:

To
have hot and warm air during the winter days, use a thermal mass that can hold
heated air for distribution. Then install ducts and blowers for the air to be
distributed. These systems are just a vague idea of how solar energy can help
your home and help you reduce electric charges. If you need to design a home,
make sure you make it more solar dependent rather than electric dependent.
Because electricity is very expensive nowadays.