Energy Efficiency

Remote area solar power systems are essential in certain areas. Some areas of the Australian Outback or the Alaskan mountains, for example, are off the grid. This means that homeowners rely on solar power to provide their home with some electrical luxuries that they would enjoy if they were living in a grid powered town or city. There are definitely benefits you will find when choosing remote area solar power systems. The major benefits is…

Keeping up with the times has its many advantages. Consider CFL bulbs that most people have been using recently. Compared to the traditional incandescent bulbs that everybody grew up with, CFL bulbs consume 75% less energy. An ordinary bulb creates 90% of heat rather than light! Fluorescent tube lights too are preferable to the ordinary bulb, consuming 70% less electricity. Since lighting is common to every home, task lighting and spot lighting would save on…

There are so many great benefits to using remote area solar power systems and the first is the money saving benefits. When you find yourself living in a remote area, you may find that to get grid power to the property is going to be an exceptionally expensive task. Most power companies run to a certain point and anything beyond that is for your account and they can charge whatever they like, if you need…

This summer has certainly had its share of heat waves. These high summertime temperatures often come with the urge to run the air conditioner at a constant rate in an attempt to keep the house at a comfortable climate. But after many HVAC inspections and service, the heat refuses to relent, leaving many homeowners to question whether or not their roof or attic insulation has something to do with the uncontrollable heat indoors. If you…

Many traditional halogen lamps required a duty cycle. This means that you could run the light for roughly 15 minutes and then had to leave the light off for 15 minutes. This preserved the length of the lamp, but added a severe limitation to the fixtures effectiveness. Modern LED sourced fixtures do not require a duty cycle. A Light Emitting Diode is a semiconductor that uses much less energy to produce the same amount of…

A greener approach to daily living includes the harvesting of rain water saving on utility bills and supporting environmental health. Utilizing a tank system to capture and retain liquid can assist in providing hydration to gardens and supplementing the mains supply. Learning about the benefits storage tanks can provide will assist in making responsible decisions and best manage such sources. Collecting water after periods of rain is a natural and inexpensive solution to reduce reliance…

Every day of the year, there is some city or town in the world that is changing over to LED lights for their street lights. The city of Columbus, Ohio is considering replacing their streetlight system with LED lights. Officials estimate that the lights will save the city at least $1 million dollars a year in electricity costs. That’s not to mention the cost savings in maintenance since LED’s require less maintenance overall than traditional…

Stand alone power systems are growing in demand on a global scale. Thousands of families still live off grid in certain countries. Off grid means that they have no mains power running to their properties and they have to look at alternate solutions. Up to now, these people would rely on wood burners for heating and cooking and paraffin lamps for light in the night, but with stand along power systems, also known as SAPS,…