SOLAR TODAY - November/December 2010

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By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. A solar carport in New Jersey is saving money, reducing emissions, teaching students — and, oh yeah, you can park under it, too. More Than a Place to Park

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Living in a Solar Collector

By Rob Stout

A New Mexico home maximizes sunlight in the winter, blocks it in the summer and provides comfortable living, year round.

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COrrECTIONS In “California Town Runs on Concentrating PV Array” (September/October issue, p. 16), the concentrating photovoltaic system was financed in part by the venture capital firm NEA ( nea.com) and not, as we reported, by the National Education Association. We regret the error.

In “Can Wind and Solar Reduce Dependence on Fossil and Nuclear Fuels” (September/October issue, p. 22), we mistakenly defined a terawatt-hour as 109. A terawatt-hour is actually 1012.

In “The Mean, Energy-Lean Building” ( September/October issue), a callout on p. 57 stated that “Every energy improvement increases the comfort of your building’s occupants. …” The callout should have said, “Many energy improvements can also increase the comfort of your building’s occupants. …”