You know how expensive energy can be—and it’s not getting any cheaper. Bills piling up is one reason why people look into solar energy solutions for their homes, but when people think solar they tend ...

Taking a hot shower can literally mean pouring money down the drain. The average American household spends almost $300 pear year to heat water. If you spend a little extra time in the shower, that ...

The days are getting longer, and I’m thinking I ought to make use of those extra rays to help the environment. The big decision seems to be between a solar electric system and a solar water heater.

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Heating water is one of the most energy-consuming and costly household tasks. According to the Department of Energy, it makes up roughly 18% of a standard home's monthly energy budget. And if you use ...

From a distance, the energy system on top of a college residence hall in Omaha, Nebraska looks like photovoltaic panels. But as you get closer, it becomes clear that this is something different, with ...

Switch to solar with a system built for you. A solar pool heater uses a pump, a solar collector and piping in conjunction with your existing pool filter. The process is simple: The pump takes water ...

This is a very simple design for a batchtype solar water heater that uses a thermosiphon loop to move water between a solar thermal collector and a storage barrel. While it’s not the most efficient ...

The system takes water from near the bottom of a solar heat storage tank and pumps it through a collector — where it’s heated by the sun — and then back to the tank. This continues as long as there’s ...

When the sun shines at its brightest, many of Australia’s 1.3 million homes with rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar panels generate more electricity than they use. When this happens, excess electricity ...

On a recent visit to Yunnan Province in southwest China, I was pleasantly surprised to see solar water heaters on countless home and building rooftops, even in remote rural villages. These ...