Author Martha Maeda presents general interest readers with the revised second edition of her examination of the basics of employing solar power technology and photovoltaic cells to supply the power needs of a residential structure. The author has organized the main body of her text in nine chapters and three appendices devoted to the reasons for going solar, active and passive uses of solar energy, making home energy efficient, and a wide variety of other related subjects. Martha Maeda is the author of several works of nonfiction. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)