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Sunbook: A Guide to Solar Energy in North Carolina: As prices go up for electricity, oil, natural gas or propane, people tighten their belts just a little bit more. In North Carolina, the cost of heating and cooling a home in recent years has risen faster than any other basic commodity. Some families are getting monthly utility bills that...; Tags: Solar Energy, North Carolina, North Carolina Solar Center, Telecom & Utilities; White papers 2000-06-12
Space Heating With Active Solar Energy Systems: Solar space heating systems can be either active or passive. Passive systems use building components such as floors, walls, and sun spaces to collect and store heat. Often, small fans distribute heat, but mechanical equipment and the use of outside energy are kept to a minimum. In contrast to passive...; Tags: Space, Solar Energy, North Carolina Solar Center, Construction, Telecom & Utilities; White papers 2000-06-05
Heating Your Swimming Pool With Solar Energy: An unheated swimming pool has a natural yearly temperature cycle that varies with climate and geography, which in most parts of the United States limits outdoor swimming to just the summer months. However, a comfortable three to four month swimming season can be stretched out to five or six months...; Tags: Solar Energy, Pool, North Carolina Solar Center, Telecom & Utilities, Benefits, Human Resources; White papers 2002-07-24

State's Largest Private Solar Array Goes Live on NCSU Campus: RALEIGH, N.C. -- Richard Harkrader, owner of Durham-based Carolina Solar Energy, has waited three years for this day. After many lessons learned, the solar project his company began in 2004 is finally up and running on the North Carolina State University NCSU campus next to the RBC Center in...; Tags: North Carolina State University; Research articles 2008-01-16
Engineers create fingernail-size chip that holds 1TB of data: Computerworld - Engineers have created a new fingernail-size chip that can hold 1 trillion bytes a terabyte of data -- 50 times the capacity of today's best silicon-based chip technologies. The engineers, from North Carolina State University, said their nanostructured Ni-MgO system can store up to 20 high-definition DVDs or...; Tags: Chip, Electron; News items 2009-10-21