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The present invention is a self-contained, solar powered heating and cooling system for a building. The collector has an insulated heating chamber, and a light transmissive cover and a thermostatically controlled vent. The chamber contains absorptive columns standing on the floor. An internal liquid

The present invention is a self-contained, solar powered heating and cooling system for a building. The collector has an insulated heating chamber, and a light transmissive cover and a thermostatically controlled vent. The chamber contains absorptive columns standing on the floor. An internal liquid conduit exposes the liquid to the heat within the chamber. The collector is connected to a remote thermal reservoir such that a liquid circuit and a separate gas circuit both circulate heated fluid to the reservoir. Heat can be stored in any of a liquid reservoir, thermal mass reservoir and gas reservoir. Wind powered generators and photovoltaic cells provide power for the system or other applications. The thermal reservoir has heat exchangers which deliver stored heat to the building or operate a heat operated refrigeration machine (e.g., a liquid absorption chiller). Additional self sustaining power sources may optionally be incorporated into the present invention.

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1. A solar energy collection, storage, and distribution system suitable for continuous, year round operation, comprising:an enclosed solar collector comprising: a floor, side walls substantially perpendicular thereto, a light transmissive upper surface defining a heating chamber, said heating chambe

1. A solar energy collection, storage, and distribution system suitable for continuous, year round operation, comprising:an enclosed solar collector comprising: a floor, side walls substantially perpendicular thereto, a light transmissive upper surface defining a heating chamber, said heating chamber being adapted for selective orientation with respect to the sun, and a thermostat disposed within said heating chamber and operatively connected to means for venting said enclosed solar collector; a plurality of heat converting members disposed within said heating chamber; an intake and a discharge aperture within said walls of said heating chamber adapted to facilitate conducting a gas through said heating chamber; at least one internal conduit within said heating chamber adapted to conduct a liquid therethrough and having an intake and a discharge end each terminating outside said heating chamber, said internal conduit disposed to segregate said liquid therein from said gas external to said internal conduit and within said heating chamber; at least one remote thermal reservoir for storing heat generated by said solar collector, said at least one thermal reservoir further comprising at least one of the group: at least one gas reservoir operatively connected to said heating chamber, and at least one liquid reservoir operatively connected to said at least one internal conduit; whereby solar energy impinging upon said solar collector is captured therein and transferred, as thermal energy, through said at least one heat converting member and said at least one internal conduit to said at least one of said gas reservoir and said at least one liquid reservoir, such that said at least one of said reservoirs stores said thermal energy for eventual distribution therefrom.