This book was quite broad in covering many issues of solar energy. From Heating your house, pool, food, and even providing electricity. It also gave many contacts to seek further information about legal issues, financial incentives, or more information. This is a great beginners book to learn about Solar energy if you know little to nothing about it. If you are looking for detailed infromation on a particular aspect of solar energy, however, this is not the book. Good little reference book though especially for the price.

This book gives an introduction to some of the ways solar energy can be used in everyday applications. If you have no knowledge of solar energy this is an OK place to start. It covers everything from solar water heating to solar ovens. The price is right.