Book Review: Power from the Wind
Faced with frequent power outages, skyrocketing energy costs, and constant reminders of the impacts of conventional energy sources, homeowners and businesses are beginning to explore ways to use energy more efficiently and to generate their own electricity to reduce fuel bills and their carbon ...
The Zero-Energy Prefab
A few years back, green designer Michelle Kaufmann made waves in the environmental world as well as in the homebuilding industry with her first green, affordable modular home, called the Glidehouse. Built in a factory and shipped to the building lot for assembly, the Glidehouse incorporated modern a...
Solar by Satellite
The process of installing solar panels on a home often involves several preliminary visits by an installer, who will take elaborate measurements of your roof, possibly resulting in added costs and delays caused by scheduling...
What's New Under the Sun
In an effort to keep the wave of interest in solar power rolling merrily along, manufacturers are introducing new solar panels that are sleeker and more powerful than their predecessors. For instance, Sharp Electronics Corp., based in Mahwah, N.J., recently introduced new 62-watt solar mo...
The Green Marketplace
A new online marketplace is designed to help homeowners find renewable energy professionals in their area. Developed by Verde Energy, an Austin, Texas, renewable energy services company, the free service matches homeowners who are interested in green energy projects with contractors and businesse...
Solar Hot Water Pays Off
Energy costs are escalating more rapidly today than at any other time in history, and energy bills are squeezing budgets. The good news: Every hour of sunlight delivers enough energy to provide all the power consumed worldwide in a year. There's never been a better time to invest in systems that ...
The Solar Umbrella
How do you turn a vintage Spanish-style bungalow in the design-savvy beach community of Venice, Calif., into a decidedly up-to-date family retreat? Quite simply, by looking to the past while incorporating the most innovative building techniques of the present. That's what homeowners and ...
Tapping Into the Sun
http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp000870.jsp. According to the site, a typical 2-kw residential rooftop solar system can produce about half the electricity needed for an average home, or about 3,600 kw-hours per year.
Biodiesel Hits Home
What do Jim Ashton of Vassalboro, Maine, William Grace of Seattle and Maine's Governor John Baldacci have in common? All of them have heated their homes with biodiesel, a blended fuel that includes new or recycled vegetable oil. Ashton has been heating his nine-room colonial-style home w...
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