Solar gain Essays

  • Exterior Facade Smart Materials and Technology

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    “Climate Consultant” recommends that I focus on the following systems to keep my building efficient: • Day lighting- to help offset the cost of lighting the space. • Sun Shading- to reduce the need for air conditioning in the summer time. • Passive Solar Design- to provide a free heating and cooling system by exposing the south facing façade to direct sunlight during the winter months, only allowing the interior of the building to absorb the sunlight while shading the summer sun and not allowing it

  • Adversity and What We Gain From It

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    Adversity and What We Gain From It In all parts of life there are periods of adversity that we must face, the real challenge however, is what and how we gain from conquering those trials. There have been many times that I have been faced with adversity, it has happened in all aspects of my life at one time or another. Whether it is dealing with the ups and downs of hockey or balancing the pressure that comes with an elite hockey schedule and high school, there are always obstacles. Some of these

  • The Challenges of Implementing The GAIN Program

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    The Challenges of Implementing The GAIN Program Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) no longer exists. A new era has arrived and the nation has moved in a completely different direction. In 1996, new legislation, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, was passed. Under this new Act, " The state and local governments wide –ranging autonomy, discretion and responsibility for serving poor women and children were returned to them. It does this by repealing

  • Comic Book Investing - High Risks and Low Gains

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    A few years ago, the popular media of the United States focused on the comic book world for one dramatic, 'tragic' event - the death of Superman.  After months of hype, the long-awaited death issue, Superman #375, was released, packaged in a black bag bearing a blood-red logo, complete with a black arm band.  The book's price immediately skyrocketed.  Thousands of people who normally paid no attention to the comic universe swarmed local shops, driving the book's 'value' to upwards of thirty dollars

  • The Role of Sugar and Insulin in Weight Gain

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    Insulin in Weight Gain The Atkin’s diet is one of the most popular diets that emphasizes weight lose in a short amount of time without the need for exercise. Patients under the diet need to consume foods that are high in fat and protein such as cheeses, hamburgers, bacon and heavy creams. Foods that are high in starches and sugar are not to be consumed within the diet because they will affect the two main causes of weight gain within the body. The two main causes of weight gain are high concentration

  • The story of Clare Soap and Chemical

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    One of the stories going on in the book is the history of Clare Soap and Chemical. This company started back when the United States was not yet a country. A man named Jephthah Clare migrated to the New World. The company started off very small and grew to the international size. There were three brothers that really started the business. This story was solely historical, which made it less interesting. I found myself drifting off during these sections of the book. One part that really caught my attention

  • An Inside Look at Sturm, Ruger & Co. Company

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    Ruger & Company’s stock is up. The stock tracking began on September 6, 2013 with the company’s stock price being recorded at $54.03. The final price was recorded on November 4, 2013 at $70.75. Ruger’s three biggest gains came on September 11, September 19, and November 1, with gains of $4.09, $3.44 and $3.96 respectively. The company’s biggest losses came on September 16, September 27, and October 25, with losses of $1.00, $1.02, and $4.97 respectively. September 11 is the anniversary of the terrorist

  • Death of a Salesman

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    Death of a Salesman In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy is both sympathized with and looked down upon throughout the story. Willy is a very complex character with problems and faults that gain both sympathy and also turn the reader off to him. Willy Loman is both the protagonist and the antagonist, gaining sympathy from the reader only to lose it moments later. The play begins with Willy as the antagonist, fighting with his wife Linda and a generally mean person. He insults

  • College Freshman - How NOT to Gain Weight

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    Freshman - How NOT to Gain Weight Starting college life is far from difficult; in fact it is fun starting a new way of life. Life without the constant objections from your parents and annoyance from your little sibling is one of the many advantages you gain from college. Cancelled classes, late night parties and deleterious amounts of food make college enjoyable; however, this can lead to weight gain. “Freshman 15” is not a myth and although you may not be unfortunate enough to gain 15 pounds, you

  • Factors That Motivated The European To Explore And Colonize America

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    Portuguese, French, Dutch and English in particular) to explore and colonize North America and South America concerned material gain and / or religious freedom. True. I believe many of the motivators for the Europeans to move to and colonize North and South America was due to material gain and religious freedom. First I would like to talk about several of the material gains that were either made or expectect to be made in the move to explore North and South America's. When the plans were being set

  • The Importance of the Access and Foundation Course

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    degree qualification.it will be consist of the reason why I chose the access and foundation,and what I will achieve at the end of the programme.All the reasons will be in paragraphs to explain. Second chance with the access and foundation course to gain a degree qualification. I never have the chance to understand higher education standard and the requirements properly, until when I join the access and foundation course.i come to this programme so that I can have a cleared understanding,better

  • Crime and Punishment

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    are in need of money makes different types of crimes just to gain that money, however it’s coming through a wrong way. The second one and the most popular in Egypt is revenge by neglecting the police since people try to fix their problems themselves. So, despite the payer, crime is called crime but in many different ways. Poor people make some small crimes because of money. They may steal people or may do hacking on the internet to gain what they want. Some of them used to be beggars, others were

  • Irony in Ballard's Chronopolis

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    to the fact that they have no time, their world is muddled up, and thinks have no real order - and this is reflected in the way Ballard writes the story. We are then told the story of Newman's childhood, and the way he slowly discovers time and gains an interest in it. Next we are told by Stacey (Newman's English teacher) why time is against the law: 'You can time [someone], know exactly how long it takes him to do something... then you can make him do it faster.

  • Richard of Glouster

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    Shakespeare’s Richard III. Richard and his brothers are all entitled to the throne if their father dies. By killing his two brothers, Richard is the only person in his immediate family entitled to the throne. Why must he kill his brothers so that he may gain the crown? Shakespeare depicts Edward and Clarence as far more worthy of the crown. They possess traits of a King which Richard does not possess. Richard states in his opening speech “Unless to spy my shadow in the sun/And descant on mine own

  • How To Launch A New Product

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    launch, as a new product is a web designing software. I will carry out market research in order to reduce the risk of failure. This I done by finding out what the customers needs and wants are. There are two types of research I can conduct to gain the information that is required to me, primary research and secondary research. Primary research is to carry out surveys, questionnaires, and etc. by yourself or through a market researching company to get the information necessary. Secondary

  • Overcoming Obstacles and Coming Out Ahead

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    Adversity enhances ones’ positive characteristics due to the provision of an ideal environment for establishing integrity and developing a mature mindset. This conclusion is valid because people tend to learn from their mistakes, thus gain a broader perspective on life. Often, calamity serves as a catalyst for the unveiling of latent talents; literature provides the venue for such as plots tend to revolve around overcoming challenges and hardships. Notably, in the World War II novel, Code Name Verity

  • Examples Of Coming Of Age In To Kill A Mockingbird

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    in broad daylight, with good sightlines and no traffic. I mean, I wasn’t just gunning the thing. I was driving.” The boy that was speeding gave his father another perspective about why he did what he did and how he did it safely. Researchers helped gain another perspective by writing, “The resulting account of the adolescent brain-call it the adaptive-adolescent story-casts the teen less as a rough draft than as an exquisitely sensitive, highly adaptable creature wired almost perfectly for the job

  • A Law Of Life: The Law Of Life

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    People are finite beings, and death is a fact all humans must face at some point throughout their lifetime. More simply as soon as someone enters the world that person at some point in the future will die. People will come and go through your life and the death of someone close to you is almost inevitable. So why not make the most of time spent with other people? The obvious answer should be that people should make the most of their time with other people, but all too often people take that time

  • The Gains and Losses of Educating Rita

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    The Gains and Losses of Educating Rita The purpose of my essay is to explain, in considerable detail, the gains and loses of Educating Rita for it being a two-handed play. The play, ‘Educating Rita’, written by Willy Russell is very entertaining, although there are only two characters, hence the reason it is a two-handed play. The grounds on which I found it entertaining is based upon the basic plot outline which consists of Rita, a working-class Liverpool girl, with a hunger for education

  • British Women's Independence at the end of 19th Century

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    a clear advantage. Politically women have also made advances. From gaining the right to vote in 19791 when Margaret Thatcher the first female Prime Minister. The view of many feminists was that she didn't use enough of her power to help women gain equality. However, since her resignation in 1990 the number of women in senior government positions has risen dramatically. She also put a huge amount of emphasis whilst she was in power on the family being a unit, and working together. Now more