Designing and building an energy-efficient home that conforms to the many considerations faced by home builders can be a challenge. However, any house style can be made to require relatively minimal amounts of energy to heat and cool, and be comfortable and healthy. It’s easier now to get your architect and builder to use improved [...]
The Skystream 3.7™ is a new generation residential wind generator that hooks up to your your home to reduce or eliminate your monthly electrical bill. It’s the first all-inclusive wind generator (with controls and inverter built in) designed to provide quiet, clean electricity in very low winds. This makes Skystream ideal for residential homes and [...]
Cloudy day? What will I do for power in my green home?
Smaller wind electric generation systems can deliver a lot of energy. A lesson people are learning world wide. Anywhere on the planet from a remote home or cabin to rural monitoring stations and communications towers, individuals are using these small wind systems to power [...]
Ok, here is a freebie. You may have heard of the recent discovery by MIT’s Sheila Kennedy an expert in the study of integrating solar cell technology into architecture. She developed a technique of installing photovoltaic cells into flexible, textile like material. I believe they are calling them solar textiles. I was pondering the different [...]
Staying cool inside your house when it is hot outside is a problem. The sun hammering down on our house creates indoor temperatures to increase to uncomfortable levels. Air conditioning provides some comfort. But costs of installing an air conditioning system and the electricity costs to keep it going can be high. Also, standard air [...]
Using a solar water heater is a great way to reduce your utility bills over time and your carbon footprint. You wouldn’t want to rely completely on one unless the application called for it (as in a lake house you use only in the summer) or if it has backup heating elements in the [...]