From 1981 to 1985, the Southhampton Company built 258 solar homes. The sub division became known as Solar Village. All the homes featured solar water heaters, six inch walls, R30 attic insulation and dual pane thermal windows. Even the landscaping fit into the green lifestyle. There were deciduous trees planted on a southern exposure while [...]
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Bencia’s 1980’s Solar Neighborhood
Posted in Installation Options, tagged pv technology, solar community on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bencia’s 1980’s Solar Neighborhood
Posted in Installation Options, tagged Benicia, solar community on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From 1981 to 1985, the Southampton Company built 258 solar homes. The sub division became known as Solar Village. All the homes featured solar water heaters, six inch walls, R30 attic insulation and dual pane thermal windows. Even the landscaping fit into the green lifestyle. There were deciduous trees planted on a southern exposure while [...]
Solar Graves
Posted in Installation Options, tagged panel location, solar installation estimate on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Santa Coloma de Gramenet, near Barcelona, finds new ways to catch solar energy. A network of 462 photovoltaic panels generating 125,000 KW hours mounted on the top of mausoleums. The power produced by the solar panels is equivalent to the yearly use of 60 homes.
Installer Conste-Live Energy placed the panels at a low angle so [...]
Online Solar Estimate
Posted in Installation Options, tagged solar installation estimate on June 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sungevity of California will do an estimate for the cost of adding solar energy to your home without one of their employees coming to your house. Sungevity’s software application essentially eliminates the money and time it takes an installer to visit your house, take measurements and prepare the estimate.
Sungevity’s website provides a box for your [...]
