Space Travel News  
Be Part Of The Solar Energy Solution With UCLA Extension

University of California, Los Angeles.
by Staff Writers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2008
From rising energy costs to rising global temperatures, there are more and more reasons to go solar. This fall, learn how you can use the sun to decrease your reliance on commercially generated electricity with two innovative UCLA Extension courses, Harnessing Solar Power in the Home and Office and How to Develop a Working Solar System.

Harnessing Solar Power in the Home and Office is designed for anyone interested in the benefits of solar energy, including home and business owners, contractors and entrepreneurs.

The course examines how electricity can be generated, stored and utilized in the home workplace through the use of solar energy, and participants are given the background knowledge needed to choose an appropriate solar energy system.

Harnessing Solar Power in the Home and Office meets Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p. m., Sept. 25-Oct. 30 in 100 La Kretz Hall on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles' Westwood neighborhood. The fee is $400.

How to Develop a Working Solar System gives participants the background and knowledge to select, install and maintain solar energy components for thermal and electrical solar power systems.

Topics include calculating anticipated load requirements, installation techniques, monitoring system performance and maintenance. With this background, participants perform a preliminary design evaluation for their own solar energy system.

How to Develop a Working Solar System meets Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Nov. 6-Dec. 18 in 101 La Kretz Hall on the UCLA campus. The fee is $400.

The instructor for both Solar Energy Solution courses is Rodney W. Bergen, a registered professional engineer and president of Quantum Sciences, Inc.

Related Links
UCLA Extension courses
All About Solar Energy at SolarDaily.com



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert
Madrid (AFP) Sept 5, 2008
The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said.







  • Russia Set To Test Second-Stage Booster For Angara Rocket
  • Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-18 Engine Tested With Liquid Methane
  • Test rocket destroyed by NASA after launch
  • NASA to use shock-absorbers to fix shaking in new Ares rocket

  • United Launch Alliance Launches GeoEye-1 Commercial Satellite
  • Aurora Signs Contract To Build Minotaur IV Composite Structures
  • GeoEye-1 Satellite Launch Delayed Due To Hurricane Hanna
  • Arianespace To Launch Koreasat 6

  • Shuttle Atlantis At The Pad For Final Hubble Mission
  • Will NASA Retire The Space Shuttle In 2010
  • NASA Postpones Atlantis Mission To Hubble Again
  • NASA delays Atlantis move to launch pad

  • European freighter detaches from space station
  • NASA TV to show ISS cargo ship arrival
  • Jules Verne Prepares For ISS Departure
  • ISS Orbit Adjusted To Dodge Space Junk

  • Astronaut named head of Canadian Space Agency
  • Get Ready For The Ultimate Sports Experience
  • Mapping The Planets, The Moons And The Asteroids
  • Ares Progress Report For August

  • China Launches Two Natural Disaster Monitoring Satellites
  • China space mission set for late September: report
  • Early Blast-Off Tipped For Spacewalk Mission
  • China to launch third manned space flight in September: report

  • Robots Learn To Follow
  • Robot-assisted surgery repairs fistulas
  • Japanese Researchers Eye e-Skin For Robots
  • Robots may enhance disabled people's lives

  • Spiky Probe On Phoenix Raises Vapor Quandary
  • Opportunity To Exit Victoria Crater
  • Spirit Still Biding Time
  • Giant Telescope Mirror Blank Is Perfect

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement