As usual, it’s been way too long since I got you caught up on where we are with our own Passive Solar Home design and building project. Here’s what’s happend since my last update:
The house design: …
Found this blog post about a modern concrete home design. The home is beautiful, if not a little large for a lot of families, but it had a lot of great ideas that could be employed in not only my own home design, but in many passive solar home designs.
Here’s the …
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The average homeowner will spend more than $100,000 on electric bills over 25 years. Why rent when you can own? Following is an overview of the costs associated with purchasing a solar system….
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Unless you’re totally new to the idea of renewable geothermal, solar and wind energy in the last few months, you should already be aware of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The ARRA, which provides billions designed to restart the sagging economy is your best friend when it comes to renewable geothermal, solar and wind power energy credits.
Under Section 1603 of the Act, Congress has authorized the issuance of …
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The Power-Save 1200, 3200 and 3400 conditioning units have been lowering consumer electric bills by as much as 25% for nearly four years. The technology has long been used in industrial/commercial applications, but the rapid rise in home electricity costs has created unprecedented consumer demand. The Power-Save units work by…
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GARY REID SAVES 20% ON HIS ELECTRIC BILL IN FIRST MONTH WITH THE POWER-SAVE 1200!
“I installed my Power-Save 1200 unit on June 6, 2009 and here are the results:
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We knew that one of the neighbors didn’t like the survey as he thought that he owned about 3 feet more than he did. But, after we did the legal letter swapping, he knew that he had not a leg to stand on and we thought it was done with. The key word was thought!
We went out to take some photos now that the snow is gone and spring is working it’s magic. What we found made us very sad.
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Being justly accused of having a slight case of technophobia, I of course eagerly read all of the documentation which came with the new equipment. It didn’t take long to discover that the Inverter is a very complex system; and that if we wanted to use the new inverter system to full advantage, we’d need acquire a bit more knowledge about inverters.
Fortunately I was invited by our local Alpenlite dealer to sit in on a seminar being provided by a manufacturer’s representative for…
So, what does this news mean to those of us in Washington state that are looking to add one of the Alternative Energy sources to our homes to try and offset the never ending rise in energy costs our utility companies are heaping on us?
In cast you didn’t know, Washington state has had an incentive for residents that supplement their energy with alternative sources like solar for a few years now. The state, through participating utility providers…
Hi Building Solar News friend,
Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that the Obama administration has set aside more than $787 Billion in stimulus of which some of that includes renewable energy grants. It’s a positive step forward. It beats the $2K limit that was there hands down.
My problem comes in that it does little for the…
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