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Seventh century BC: In ancient Egypt the houses were built so that the solar radiation could be collected during the day and used during the night.
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Fifth century BC: The Greeks oriented their houses so that they could receive solar energy in the wintertime to heat the buildings.
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Third century BC: Archimedes used mirrors to reflect direct sun radiation and to defend Syracuse from invasion by the Romans.
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Petrova-Koch, V. (2020). Milestones of Solar Conversion and Photovoltaics. In: Petrova-Koch, V., Hezel, R., Goetzberger, A. (eds) High-Efficient Low-Cost Photovoltaics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 140. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22864-4_1
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