SunBOX Solar Chargers

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SunBOX Solar Chargers

• Charyssa Greenwell
• ITMG 100 10

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Going Green

• Being environmentally conscious
• Recycling, using less water, conserving energy
• One Method Solar Energy

Interested? Ideas at http//www.goinggreen.com/
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History of Solar Energy

• 7th century BC
• Used mirrors to magnify and spark fires
• 1908
• Carnegie Steel Company
• Invented solar collector with copper coils
• 1954
• US inventors developed first silicon photovoltaic
  cell

Timeline Source http//www1.eere.energy.gov/solar
/pdfs/solar_timeline.pdf
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Solar Energy Growth
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Solar Energy

• PROs

• CONs

• Doesnt emit pollution
• Free source of electricity
• Energy conversion done quietly

• Initial cost of solar cells
• Only generates electricity during daylight
• Weather highly polluted areas can affect
  efficiency

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SunBOX
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SunBOX Components

• Male-Female Electric Connector
• Insulated Hook
• Two Solar Mirrors

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Works Cited
Amenya. "Hang It On the Clothesline." GadgetLite.
15 Feb. 2010. Web. 18 Apr. 2010.
lthttp//www.gadgetlite.com/2010/02/15/hang-clothsl
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Marketing, Inc. "40 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day's
40th Anniverserary." Going Green! 18 Apr. 2010.
Web. 19 Apr. 2010. lthttp// www.goinggreen.com/gt.
"Pros and Cons of Solar Energy." Clean Energy
Ideas. Feb. 2003. Web. 18 Apr. 2010.
lthttp//www.clean-energy-ideas.com/articles/ pros_
and_cons_of_solar_energy.htmlgt. US Department of
Energy. "The History of Solar." Energy,
Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Web. 18 Apr.
2010. lthttp// www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/sol
ar_timeline.pdfgt.