Solar Attic Vents and Fans
Solar attic vents and fans are a great way to help keep your house cooler without any additional electricity usage. They are used to help create an air flow in the attic space to help pull hot air out of the attic. Even with proper insulation in your attic, the heat generated and stored in [...]
Solar Walkway Lighting
Solar walkway lighting is probably the most widely used form of solar energy used in homes across the world. The beautiful thing about the solar walkway lighting is you can put them virtually anywhere, with no wiring required. Most lights are mounted on a stake that you put in the ground where you want the [...]
Solar Security Lighting
Most solar security lighting provides a bright spot light, triggered by a motion sensor, with an adjustable length of time to stay on. Some solar security lights have the solar/PV panel integrated into the light system; others have a separate/detachable solar/PV panel. Before purchasing a solar security light, look to see where you want to [...]
Solar Garden Lighting
Most solar garden lighting is used for accent and whimsical purposes in the landscape and garden areas. Glowing bulbs, fireflies, ladybugs, gnomes, and flowers can playfully light up a garden at nighttime.
Solar Deck-Patio Lighting
Solar deck and patio lighting are a great way to keep your outdoor living area lit. They are most common as lights for the top of posts, mounted on a wall or side of the deck, or on a tabletop. Some more inventive uses include integrating lights under an umbrella, which automatically produces a soft [...]
Solar Lighting
Solar lighting is probably the easiest way to incorporate solar energy in your home. Many solar lighting products now utilize LEDs, which provides bright light while using very little electricity. This means that the solar lighting can use smaller batteries to hold a charge that can, in most cases, run the light from dusk to [...]
Stand-Alone Solar Power Products for Your Home
What is a stand-alone solar power product? It is a product that produces its own electricity for its own use. Unlike large PV arrays used to in solar power for homes, stand-alone solar power products usually have smaller PV panels and sometimes a small battery to store electricity for its own use at night or [...]
What The Solar Tax Incentives Mean For You
Installing a home solar power system can take some money. The good news is there are solar tax incentives, both at the state and federal levels, out there to help alleviate some of the consumer cost. NC State University has the best and most up-to-date website, DSIRE (www.dsireusa.org) that details the federal solar tax incentives [...]
Benefits of Solar Power for Homes
There are many benefits of solar energy use in our homes. Financial Benefits of Solar Energy: The available amount of fossil fuels and the future price of the fuel is uncertain. If you use solar energy, oil prices won’t affect your household electricity. The trend has been an increase in electric rates, sometimes as much [...]
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