title: Solar Hot Water Fundamentals: Siting, Design, and Installation
author: Peter Skinner P.E.
description: <b>Peter N. Skinner, PE, Founder and Senior Designer, E2G Solar.</b><BR> Peter is a solar thermal system installer, educator and consultant. A professional engineer in New York State, he has had 41 years of experience as an environmental science advocate at the New York Attorney General's Environmental Bureau and now is a solar thermal professional. He holds BS and MS degrees from Lehigh and RPI. He has focused his professional skills on building performance and now design and installation of residential and commercial solar thermal systems. In the last few years, he has designed and installed dozens of thermal systems in New York. Peter has served on the NABCEP committee that writes the national solar thermal installer certification test and teaches solar thermal courses at colleges, professional gatherings and conferences. He has also created curricula and instructs solar thermal installation and design courses, and designed SunDog's Solar Rover and Pup instructional devices to enhance the learning process.
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  DIY: How to Build a
  
  
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  DIY: How to Build a
  
  
  Solar Water Distiller
  
  
  
  
  
  Do It Yourself – How to Purify Water Via a Non-Electric Solar Still at Home
  
  
  By Sharon Buydens
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Do It Yourself: How to Build a Solar Water Distiller
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2015 Sharon Buydens
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SunStar Solutions, Publisher
  
  
  Bellingham, WA
  
  
  www.sunstar-solutions.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. Version 2, amended and retitled.
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN-13: 978-1517216689
  
  
  ISBN-10: 1517216680
  
  
  
  
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  by CreateSpace
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # DEDICATION
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dedicated to my oldest son Tyler for always being able and ready to help me
  install solar stills in the field in west TX, NM, and Mexico. So many times
  you have been there for me, to help me, including in the rehab real estate
  proje