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Renewable Energy Roundup 2009

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Renewable Energy Roundup 2009
Would you like to actually see a solar panel? Have you wondered how a solar water heater works? How about a solar powered air conditioner?
There is a great event coming where you can learn how to use solar energy in your home. The 10th annual Renewable Energy Roundup 2009 is coming September [...]

Sun Volt Solar Asks an Interesting Question

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

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Sun Volt Solar Asks an Interesting Question
The folks at Sun Volt Solar asked an interesting question on their blog just over a week ago.
Here’s the question: Where are those guys in their garages?
The guys in garages refers to those tinkering folk among us who come up with remarkable, useful, innovations just tinkering in [...]

Why Solar Energy Use Matters

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Why Solar Energy Use Matters
Sometimes we need the occasional reminder that our small energy decisions do indeed amount to a collective whole.
My hiker husband and I just returned from a trip to Big Bend National Park.
Above is a photo taken near the summit of Emory Peak, looking toward the Southeast. Notice the haze of air [...]

Net ZEH Goals and Renewable Sources

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Home Energy Utilities to use Renewable Sources
My home energy provider, Pedernales Electric Cooperative, www.pec.coop passed a resolution “to purchase or generate up to 30 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.”
Our goal to be a net ZEH home has not changed. But while working toward to ultimate goal, it does make me happy [...]

Solar Energy Facts

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

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Solar Farm Energy Facts
Solar energy, as other forms of alternative energy, is relatively new to everyday conversation. Energy prices and environmental conditions being what they are, everyone is trying to learn the facts.
LiveScience.com posted a wonderful article today discussing the pros and cons of solar energy farms.
It is an informative [...]

Zero Energy House Plans

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Building a Solar Home

Going solar for us means retrofitting our existing home to use solar energy. However, the least expensive way to “go solar” is to build an energy efficient/solar home from the ground up.
If your interested in building a new home. I found these house plans. Check them out.
ZEH House Plans
Sustainable Future would like [...]

Why I Want Solar Energy for my Home

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Why I Want Solar Energy for my Home
This quest to use solar energy to power my home leads through a scintillating labyrinth of alternative energy issues. The more I learn about energy in general and alternative energy in particular, the more I love solar.
Browsing through a local bookstore, my husband came across an interesting book, [...]

Solar Energy Research: Is TreeHugger.com a Credible Information Source?

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Solar Energy Research: Is TreeHugger.com a Credible Information Source?

This blog, Simple Home Solar Energy, documents our journey toward a home powered by energy from the sun. Eventually we want to generate all the energy our home requires. Making it economically practical is part of our goal.
Implementation of renewable energy being relatively new to everyday consumers, [...]

Solar Energy Source in West Texas

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Solar Energy, The Chihuahuan Desert, and the
National Power Grid
Nature lovers that we are, my husband and I just returned from three days of soaking up the sun. We were not at the beach. We were in the desert; the Chihuahuan Desert to be exact.
Three days of hiking in the sun drenched Guadalupe Mountains invigorated and [...]

Solar Energy: Good for the Natural World

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Solar Energy: Protecting and Preserving the Natural World
Politicians juggle several hot potatoes this election year. Energy and the environment are just two of many. Since I have yet to vote myself, I still search the news for the latest political news related to solar energy.
While searching I came across an article by Christopher Hitchens in [...]

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