Aside from saving money on your annual electricity bills or reducing your carbon footprint, one of the best aspects about a solar panel system is that it increases the value of your home. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for every $1 in utility bills you save each year, your property [...]
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Don’t think you can truly live off-grid on solar power? Well, don’t tell that to Shelley Cohen and Mike Gala! This week, the couple installed the largest residential solar panel array in the District of Columbia. The 52-panel system will allow Cohen and Gala to offset 75-85% of their home’s electricity demand. Installed by Astrum [...]
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This week, something new is brewing at Anheuser-Busch. With the installation of more than 3,000 PV solar panels on the rooftop of its Newark, New Jersey brewery, the company will start generating enough solar electricity to completely power 62 homes each year (more than 525,000 kilowatt hours). The panels cover about 65,000 square feet, and [...]
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Did you know you can earn more than kudos for going solar? Its true! A family in Pennsylvania was the first in the nation to receive a personal carbon credit for reducing their fossil-fuel based energy to the point of saving 1 ton of CO2 emissions. What does that mean, you may wonder? Here’s how [...]
Did you know you can save money with solar power? Its a common misconception that solar is prohibitively expensive. Quite the opposite is true. With today’s government incentives for renewable energy, it only makes sense to install solar panels to guard against future rate increases and also enjoy a dramatic drop in your monthly utility [...]
I sure wish we lived closer to Portland, Oregon! Solar panels on the East Portland Community Center help power and heat the water at the first LEED platinum natatorium (that’s a swimming facility, in case you need a vocabulary lesson). This week, the community center celebrated the completion of the new solar panel system. By [...]
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We’ve posted before about easy, DIY solar energy kits for your home. With electricity costs rising quickly, don’t you think its time to build a solar panel system for free energy? Trust me – you don’t have to live in the desert southwest or near the equator to tap into solar energy. Nor do you [...]
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