Integrating solar design into your Alaska home

 

Integrating solar design into your Alaska home

Submitted by Debbie Carter
Phone: 474-5406

02/11/08

With home heating fuel costs rising, solar energy is getting a closer look. The Cooperative Extension Service will offer a workshop on home solar design Saturday, Feb. 16, at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø.

Rich Seifert, Extension’s energy and housing specialist, will lead "Integrating Solar Design Into Your Alaska Home" from 1-5 p.m. Saturday in Schaible Auditorium. Seifert will discuss Alaska-specific solar aspects, recent experience with solar hot water installations, photovoltaics andoptimizing passive design with energy conservation. There is a charge of $10 for the course text, "A Solar Design Manual for Alaska."

Participants are asked to register beforehand at 474-7201 or 474-6366.