Unit 6 modules 37, 39, 40

finding and implementing ways to use less energy.

A billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up.

The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time.

What are the least expensive and most environmentally sound options for maximizing our energy sources?

improves the efficiency of the buildings and communities in which we live and work.

What do sustainable building designs incorporate?

What allows the house to receive more direct rays from the sun in winter when the path of the sun is in the southern sky?

Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology.

A property of a building material that allows it to maintain heat or cold.

An energy source that can be regenerated indefinitely as long as it is not overharvested.

An energy source that cannot be used up.

In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable.

What is it called when renewable energy resources provide about 13 percent of energy worldwide

Only ___ percent of the energy used in the United States comes from renewable energy resources.

What type of solar energy can be used to lower your electricity bill, without pumps or other mechanical devices?

What kind of solar design has houses with windows along a south-facing wall which allows the suns rays to warm the house?

What kind of design uses solar radiation to maintain indoor temperature.

what solar design uses roof overhangs making use of seasonal changes in the sun’s position to reduce energy in demand for heating and cooling.

how does passive solar design work in winter?

how does passive solar design work in summer?

what solar design uses High-efficiency windows and building materials with high thermal inertia?

How much energy does an average american household consume?

Energy captured from sunlight with advanced technologies.

technologies that employ active solar energy include