Articles Tagged with ''solar''

Contractor Won’t Forget Comfort

Savings Don’t Always Make the Sale
August 29, 2011
What are the chief concerns of your customers? Many HVACR contractors hope their concerns have a green tendency, both in terms of ecological impact and financially.


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Home Reaches Net Zero

August 29, 2011
Sara and Gareth Ross contacted Coldham & Hartman Architects, a firm that makes “ecologically intelligent design” a focal point of its efforts.


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Contractor Champions Solar

August 29, 2011
Champion AC, a veteran-owned and operated HVAC contracting company, recently added solar air conditioners to its list of product offerings.


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Nationwide Utility Rates Now Available on Open EI

September 19, 2011
Utility rates from cities all across the United States are now available in one place — the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Open Energy Information platform, or OpenEI.org.


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Sept. 19, 2011: Global Solar Energy Market to Reach $75.2 Billion by 2016

September 19, 2011
According to a new report, the global solar energy market is forecasted to grow from around $39.6 billion in 2011 to $75.2 billion in 2016.


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85 Years of Leadership: HVAC Changes Shades of Green

September 19, 2011
Some of us remember the surge in solar and other renewable technologies in the late 70s and early 80s, and how, when incentives gradually disappeared, the market seemed to go with it. What is the risk of history repeating itself?


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Sept. 21, 2011: Grant Awarded to Develop Next-Generation Building Integrated Photovoltaics

September 21, 2011
As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot initiative, Dow Solar, a business unit of the Dow Chemical Co., has been awarded a $12.8 million, three-year grant to fund a program to significantly reduce the cost of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products.


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Largest U.S. Solar-Equipped Affordable Housing Project Unveiled

October 3, 2011
A solar installation believed to be the nation’s largest for a government-sponsored affordable housing project is utilizing high-performance photovoltaic panels from SolarWorld.


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Oct. 5, 2011: Installed Cost of Solar PV Systems in the U.S. Has Declined

October 5, 2011
The installed cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2010 and into the first half of 2011, according to a report released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).


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Taco: Variable-Speed Solar Pumps

October 17, 2011
Variable-speed solar pumps have been added to the 00® family of circulators. The pumps are designed to match solar collector output, to increase solar system performance by 20 percent.


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