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Potential Stumbling Blocks on a Solar Journey

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Potential Stumbling Blocks on a Solar Journey While on this journey to a solar powered home, I read a lot. I am a data gatherer by nature. I read books, papers, magazines, blogs, etc. Anything that may provide information regarding practical applications of stewardship of the earth makes its way to my [...]

Solar Water Heater Approved by ENERGY STAR

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Solar Water Heater Approved by ENERGY STAR If you are interested in using solar energy at home, you’ll be interested the ENERGY STAR approved EnerWorks Solar Water Heater. Some of us are not yet ready for this step. But solar hot water is one of the most efficient ways to incorporate solar [...]

Energy Conservation by Individual Choice

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Energy Conservation by Individual Choice The mission here at Simple Home Solar Energy is to “go solar.” The goal is to eventually produce all the energy our home requires. The process to turn our home into a solar energy generator is documented here, in this blog. Not being a trained engineer or [...]

Energy Conservation vs. Energy Efficiency

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Image by ATIS547 via Flickr Energy Conservation vs. Energy Efficiency Joining the solar energy revolution requires a new vocabulary. It means research, investigation, and a learning curve. Switching to solar energy requires, well…energy. Going solar is a process. The steps of the process are: •    Conservation •    Efficiency •    Solar Initially, you may wonder about [...]

Home Solar Energy Tutorials

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Home Solar Energy Tutorials Have you been struggling with understanding how solar energy can be used for your home? Free Sun Power has a basic tutorial that will give you a basic overview of how a solar energy system works. Included in the discussion are solar panels, charge controllers, power inverters, storage [...]

Home Solar Energy Myths – Part 3

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Home Solar Energy Myths – Part 3 Today we will talk about the third myth of home solar energy use. 3. Solar energy is inefficient. How efficient is solar energy? Energy efficiency is a delicate balance between economic costs, benefit for the environment, and available supplies. It must be financially affordable, good [...]

Home Solar Energy Myths — Part 2

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Home Solar Energy Myths – Part 2 Yesterday we began addressing several myths that surround home solar energy use. The first myth was that residential solar power systems are too expensive. Today we move on to myth number two. 2. Solar energy does not work on cloudy days. What about solar energy [...]

Home Solar Energy Myths — Part 1

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Image by clownfish via Flickr Home Solar Energy Myths — Part 1 Going solar steadily grows in popularity. Myths about using solar energy for the home persist. Learning the facts frees you to embrace a clean, abundant, and efficient energy source. Let’s deal with the three myths one at a time. Today we’ll address the [...]

Solar Energy Facts

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Image by Divwerf via Flickr 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 [...]

Building an Energy Efficient Home

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Home Solar Energy – Build it new or retrofit? Going solar for us means retrofitting our existing home. It makes sense to us because we like the house we live in and the house is oriented properly for solar panels. But if you are building a new home, building in energy efficiency [...]

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