We have been using the sun to help heat our homes for generations, and the design of homes throughout history have taken this into account Modern technology has now completely changing the way this is done and with the rising price of gas and electricity making us look at some ideas that were in use before gas and electricity became cheap, but giving the ideas a modern slant

After the last couple of summers we have experienced, the idea of solar power being used effectively in the UK to create power may not seem to be a great idea, with our continually cloudy skies is solar power really a viable option to the average homeowner in the UK The idea or myth that you need blue skies for solar energy to be effective, probably arises, because although people in general understand the basics of how solar panels work they probably do not understand the intricacies of how solar power is produced