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Stephanie on January 20th, 2010

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 Wikipedia explains [...]

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Stephanie on August 9th, 2009

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 [...]

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Stephanie on July 31st, 2009

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.
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Stephanie on June 13th, 2009

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 need [...]

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