Solar Panels for Apartments

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Solar Panels for Apartments
Solar panels placed on individual homes have the potential to make a home its own power generator. Producing more power than your home uses is call net ZEH or Zero Energy Home.
Many home owners, myself included, are working toward such a Zero Energy Home.
But what about folks who live in apartments?
The folks [...]

Solar Energy Find of the Week

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Solar Energy Find of the Week
My aspirations for a net ZEH home—a home that creates as much energy as it uses—sends me searching for ways to reduce the electric power my home uses.
I came across this nifty SolLight LightShip Solar-Powered Light.
Although I haven’t used one yet, this small light would be handy during a power [...]

Home Energy and the Renewable Electricity Standard (RES)

Monday, February 9th, 2009

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Home Energy and the Renewable Electricity Standard (RES)
The Alliance to Save Energy is pleased about a new piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass). If enacted, the Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) legislation would reduce national energy use while incorporating renewable energy sources.
That sounds good. I do want to reduce my [...]

Reduce Home Energy with Solar PVs and Solar Hot Water

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

One Example of Net ZEH
Is it possible to create a net zero energy home by renovating an existing home?  Yes!  This 2,400 square foot house was built in the 1970s.   With a desire to live sustainably, the homeowners decided to set an energy budget of 10 kWh/day for their home. A budget [...]

Tour a Net Zero Energy Home

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Perhaps you’ve heard of net Zero Energy Homes (ZEH) before. These homes create as much energy as they use. In fact, when connected to the utility grid, the meters on these houses spin backward when generating more energy than they are using.
What does a net Zero Energy Home look like? Are the people who live [...]