Home Power Magazine's Solar1
The Basics of Renewable Energy CD-ROM

Don't know where to start? This is it! The editors of Home Power magazine have selected the best basics of renewable energy articles published by their magazine over the past 15 years to get you started and up to speed quickly.

Solar1 is the basics of renewable energy; solar-electric systems, wind-electric systems, microhydro-electric systems, solar heating & hot water, solar cooking, energy efficiency, and alternative transportation.

SunWorld, the official magazine of the International Solar Energy Society says Home Power's CD-ROM series is, "...the largest collection of useful and practical information on achieving energy independence ever available."

Presented in their original magazine layouts, the Adobe Acrobat PDF formatted articles are full color, indexed, searchable, exportable, and printable. Solar1 includes all the basics of renewable energy with articles on solar-electric systems, wind-electric systems, microhydro-electric systems, solar heating and hot water, solar cooking, energy efficiency, and alternative transportation.

Also includes Audio & Video Materials, such as:

Audio (.WAV)

• Inverters - Basci Principles and Selection
• Batteries - Types, Selection, Care and Safety

Video (.AVI)

• Solar Pathfinder - A Tool for Siting Photovoltaics
• Measuring Consumption - Using a Watt-Hour Meter
• Make the Most of Solar - Seasonal PV Angle Setting
• PV Output Testing - Making Sure They Perform

Minimum System Requirements:

• Win 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP
• Power Mac: Mac OC8.6-OS X