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Solar Orientation:<br />
Using Solar Energy in Any Season<br />
Clay Atchison<br />
Media Director<br />
Rahus Institute<br />
2013.06.17<br />
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Key Concepts<br />
1) What is Solar Orientation<br />
2) Reasons for the Seasons<br />
3) Measuring Solar Position<br />
4) The Two North Poles<br />
5) Teaching Tools<br />
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What is Solar<br />
Orientation<br />
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Solar Orientation…<br />
…Positioning a structure to<br />
maximize the amount of<br />
sunlight it receives<br />
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Solar Orientation…<br />
…Positioning a structure to<br />
maximize the amount of<br />
sunlight it receives…<br />
…over time.<br />
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The Sun is always<br />
“moving.”<br />
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Sun Ovens<br />
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Stationary Systems<br />
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Stationary Systems<br />
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The Reasons for<br />
the Seasons<br />
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Why is it hotter in<br />
the summer<br />
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Why is it hotter in<br />
the summer<br />
Because the summer Sun<br />
is higher in the sky:<br />
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Why is it hotter in<br />
the summer<br />
Because the summer Sun<br />
is higher in the sky:<br />
1. Summer sunlight is more intense.<br />
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Why is it hotter in<br />
the summer<br />
Because the summer Sun<br />
is higher in the sky:<br />
1. Summer sunlight is more intense.<br />
2. Summer days are longer.<br />
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Why is summer sunlight<br />
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90 degree angles give more<br />
light & heat per unit of area.<br />
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Oblique angles give less<br />
light & heat per unit of area.<br />
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Why is the Sun higher<br />
in the summer sky<br />
…& why are summer days longer<br />
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Seasonal Sun Paths<br />
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Earth’s Tilt<br />
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Earth’s Tilt & the Seasons<br />
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Measuring the<br />
Sun’s Position<br />
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Altitude<br />
&<br />
Azimuth<br />
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There are<br />
TWO NORTH<br />
POLES!<br />
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Magnetic<br />
Declination<br />
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Magnetic Declination Map<br />
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Point the Needle to the<br />
Declination Amount…<br />
…and the ‘N”<br />
Points to<br />
True North<br />
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Magnetic<br />
Declination<br />
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Finding<br />
TRUE NORTH<br />
Without a<br />
compass<br />
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SOLAR NOON METHOD<br />
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AT SOLAR NOON:<br />
The String’s<br />
Shadow Is TRUE<br />
NORTH SOUTH<br />
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Cup & Stick Method<br />
Mark Tip of Shadow<br />
Teaching Solar Page 83<br />
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Cup & Stick Method<br />
• Wait an Hour<br />
• Mark Tip Again<br />
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Cup & Stick Method<br />
Perpendicular Line<br />
is NORTH SOUTH<br />
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Teaching Tools<br />
& Methods<br />
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Shadow<br />
Tracing<br />
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Sundials<br />
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Sundials
Pizza Box Sundials<br />
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Solar Motion Demonstrator<br />
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Plastic Hemispheres<br />
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Plastic Hemispheres<br />
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Plastic Hemispheres<br />
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Plastic Hemispheres<br />
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Plastic Hemispheres<br />
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Available from <strong>www</strong>.starlab.com<br />
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Site Analysis<br />
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SOLAR<br />
PATHFINDER<br />
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SOLAR PATHFINDER<br />
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SOLAR PATHFINDER<br />
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SOLAR PATHFINDER<br />
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SUNEYE<br />
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SUNEYE<br />
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Sun Angle Quadrant<br />
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Sun Angle Quadrant<br />
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Azimuth Finder<br />
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Charting the<br />
Sun’s Path<br />
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SunChartProgram.html<br />
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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME<br />
Subtract an Hour<br />
At 10am:<br />
The sun’s position will<br />
be on the 9am LINE!<br />
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Field Work<br />
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Field Work<br />
1. Chart Shading Obstacles<br />
2. Measure Sun Position<br />
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Charting Shading<br />
Obstacles<br />
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Chart a Small<br />
Section of Sky<br />
9AM to 3PM<br />
On December 21<br />
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Measure Sun<br />
Position<br />
Match with<br />
Sun Chart<br />
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Solar Orientation:<br />
Using Solar Energy in Any Season<br />
Clay Atchison<br />
Media Director<br />
Rahus Institute<br />
2013.06.17<br />
<strong>www</strong>.<strong>solarschoolhouse</strong>.<strong>org</strong>
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