Solar Energy Find of the Week

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Solar Energy Find of the Week
I want a solar powered home. Although my home is not yet ready for solar panels, it’s fun to find small, simple ways to incorporate solar energy into daily life.
Take this solar iPhone charger from Sollight, for example. If you’re hiking or traveling with your nifty little iPhone, this could [...]

Christmas Eve for a Solar Energy Enthusiast

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Image by Noël Zia Lee via Flickr

Christmas Eve for a Solar Energy Enthusiast
I am happy it is Christmas. I am also happy the winter solstice is passed.
I do enjoy the rhythms of nature the Creator initiated that keeps the earth living and growing, producing and resting, providing us with all we need for life.
I appreciate [...]

Building a Solar Home to Lower Energy Bills

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Lower Energy Bills — Build a Solar Home
All of us want to cut our energy bills. Some of us are retrofitting our homes to incorporate solar energy.
Others are building green, solar homes from the ground up.
Now with the new federal tax incentives it makes financial sense for retrofitters and builders alike.
The U.S. Green Building Council [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

How Our Simple Home Solar Energy Project Began

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

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How Our Simple Home Solar Energy Project Began
Our simple home solar journey began with keen understanding that governments are inept at finding solutions. People create solutions.
So we asked ourselves, what can one ordinary couple do? We are not among America’s wealthy. We live on a budget which tightens with the arrival of [...]