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Solar Water Heater Approved by ENERGY STAR
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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. After passive [...]
Energy Conservation by Individual Choice
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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 a scientist, I [...]
Energy Conservation vs. Energy Efficiency
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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 the difference in conservation and efficiency when [...]
Home Solar Energy Tutorials
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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 batteries, generators and more.
Free [...]
Home Solar Energy Myths – Part 3
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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 for our planet [...]
Home Solar Energy Myths — Part 2
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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 systems on cloudy [...]
Home Solar Energy Myths — Part 1
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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 first one.
1. Residential [...]
Solar Energy Facts
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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 [...]
Building an Energy Efficient Home
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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 from the beginning [...]
Affordable Solar Within the Next Five Years
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Affordable Solar Within the Next Five Years
Making solar energy affordable to use for my home is my current goal. The current cost of installed solar, running about $10 per Kilowatt, takes my breath away.
Currently we are in the energy conservation mode at our house, trying to reduce our daily kilowatt usage to the [...]