wwaddell on March 19th, 2009

WALL STREET JOURNAL ARYICLE DISCUSSES SKYROCKETING ELECTRIC RATES

An recent Wall Street Journal article discusses how the rising costs of coal and natural gas are causing electric rates to skyrocket in communities across America. In some states…

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wwaddell on March 16th, 2009

You’ll be happy to hear that I just purchased a 2KW Power Save Solar system!!! In addition I purchased a Power Save 1200. The key issue was your pricing. You offer solar power at a price that…

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wwaddell on March 6th, 2009

Compared to same month last year I saw a reduction from 2800 to 2100 HW hours. That’s a reduction of 25%!!! This will only serve to increase the amount of savings I will see once my solar panels go online…

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wwaddell on March 5th, 2009

This is where passive solar home design comes into play.

Passive solar home and business design takes a better look at the energy coming from the sun ane how to use it to improve the home’s cooling and heating in a totally natural way. There are actually four (4) major principles in passive design that are easily understood and used to your advantage. These are…

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wwaddell on February 26th, 2009

Home energy consumption is one of the main problems people are having in today’s economy. The fact is, we all need electricity to power much of our lives. We want the level of comfort that is provided by today’s electricity. However, most of us also know that the price we pay for that electicity is just too expensive now to just take it for granted.

In the true spirit of inginuity found in humanity, people today are doing what they have always done when faced with something that does not meet their needs in life… they

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Welcome back,

I know it’s been a little longer than I had hoped between articles… but then I was on a “Business Trip” in Vegas and home through the Redwoods.

The trip was spectacular and we had a really great time, but we’re here to talk about what I learned at the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas NV that should save me a bundle up front as well as over the years in my new solar home.

Like I said before, there were so many great vendors at the World of Concrete, it took two days and more than 12 hours to see it all and talk to just the few I had time for. You gotta be…

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wwaddell on February 5th, 2009

Hello again Solar Building News friend, My favorite vendors at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas this year were the concrete stain and stamp vendors. I took more literature home and spent more time talking to this group than any other at the show. Since we are planning on building a combination passive and [...]

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wwaddell on February 4th, 2009

Hi Solar Building News reader, This week I’m in Las Vegas, NV at the World of Concrete show to see what’s new in passive solar building materials and what’s going on with green building materials on a commercial level. What a great show and if you aren’t here, your missing out on talking to some [...]

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wwaddell on February 4th, 2009

It is with great enthusiasm I write you to praise you and your company for all you have done for us in our home little more than a month ago. We just got our first SRP bill since your improvements were installed. Our new bill was exactly $100.84 LESS than last month!! That is truly [...]

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wwaddell on January 13th, 2009

I had the Power-Save 1200 installed in January ’08. The first 5 full months of use resulted in a 22% reduction of KWH used from prior year. With the savings on my electric bill, about…

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