Brief Outline: Use of Solar Energy [to Heat Baths] in Ancient Rome
- Background on Roman baths (specifically the Baths of Caracalla)
- When they were built
- Function/ use
- Layout
- Use of solar energy to heat baths
- Passive solar heating
- Using large windows
- Technical description/ analysis of passive solar heating
- Pros and cons of solar heating
- Environmental benefits
- Efficiency
- Pros and cons of solar heating
- Comparison with passive solar heating used today
- Popularity of this technique
- Benefits
- Improvements
- Areas to use passive solar heating