solar hot water system News
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Benefits for bushfire communities amongst solar hot water adjustments
The Australian Government has opened up its $1,600 solar hot water rebate to people who lost their homes in the Victorian bushfires in February 2009. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the rebate is not usually available for people building new homes, but the Government had made an exception for homes destroyed in the fires. “This is another leg up to help these communities as they ...
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Southern California Solar Incentives to Promote Homeowners’ Interests
The southern California solar rebates are providing an initiative program for everyone across the state. The state of California is targeting to change over 33 per cent of its energy requirements to solar energy. This has translated into the now famous subsidized CSI – the California solar initiative program. The solar rebate program for consumers in California is a part of the SDG&E's ...
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Heliodyne Launches Commercial Solar Water Heating Training Program
RICHMOND, Calif. - California based solar hot water manufacturer Heliodyne has expanded its online training curriculum by now offering a course in commercial scale solar thermal design and installation. The advanced course is intended to educate professionals on system and installation topics related to larger commercial scale solar water heating projects. “The training program was ...
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ASTM glass and solar energy committees will collaborate with US DOE on solar standards
All interested participants are invited to attend a virtual organizational meeting for a new ASTM International activity on solar glass on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Representatives from the United States Department of Energy, ASTM International Committee E44 on Solar, Geothermal, and Other Energy Sources, and ASTM International Committee C14 on Glass and Glass Products will be among ...
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Solar Plate: An Overview
With the passage of time and the rapid advancement of technology, it is necessary to take steps toward environmental sustainability. People now prefer renewable energy sources to conventional energy sources to safeguard the environment. The UK government has taken a good step toward environmental conservation by implementing the Feed-in-Tariff scheme. They have demonstrated to the rest of the ...
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Aussie homes a winner with ceiling insulation program
Today in Brisbane, Environment Minister Peter Garrett officially opened Bradford Insulation’s new Brisbane plant and launched the national register of insulation providers, kick-starting the main phase of the Government’s $4 billion Energy Efficient Homes Package Mr Garrett said that with today’s launch of the Installer Provider Register for ceiling insulation, householders all over Australia ...
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Frost & Sullivan finds winds of opportunity for Renewable Energy Markets in Australia and New Zealand
The governments of Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are stepping up efforts to cut back carbon emissions and increase the share of renewable energy in the countries' energy mix. Australia has mandated that 20 per cent of its electricity be generated from renewable sources by 2020 and to this end, has introduced renewable energy targets (RET). This policy is the biggest incentive for investments in ...
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Ameresco Expands Market Share in Ohio with New Energy Efficiency Project at Leading Vocational School
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, today announced that it has entered into an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) project with Lorain County Joint Vocational School (JVS). As part of the contract, the school will leverage Ohio’s landmark energy conversation legislation (HB 264) to implement comprehensive energy conservation measures ...
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EcoMedia teams up with energizer to launch `The Energizer Positivity Project` on CBS.com
EcoMedia and Energizer today announced the launch of a new environmentally-focused program on CBS.com called "The Energizer Positivity Project." The site features green-focused tips, behind-the-scenes videos detailing green initiatives among CBS's offices and shows, and invites users to vote on a "green" project they think is most worthy of receiving an Energizer-sponsored EcoAd grant. Together, ...
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Heating and cooling buildings with solar heat
Air conditioning makes up bulk of the power usage especially in tropical countries where the sun is shining almost throughout the year and the humidity levels are high. It makes a perfect sense to use solar heat to cool homes, business and factories. Many air-conditioning systems are commercially available using simple roof top PV solar panels to generate electric power to run an electric window ...
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ESTIF specifies research needed to make solar thermal the leading energy source in Europe
A Strategic Research Agenda of the solar thermal sector was presented in Brussels this week. The document, developed by more than 100 experts organized in the European Solar Thermal Technology Platform (ESTTP) describes the research efforts and infrastructure needed to reach the goal of supplying 50% of the energy needed for heating in cooling with solar thermal energy. A deployment roadmap shows ...
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Solar Panel Systems for Homes to Reduce Utility Bills and Improving Environment
The solar panel for your home is one of the greatest options for everyone including homes and families of all sizes. Millions of Americans can now take the advantage of affordable solar panel system to reap the benefits of the free and endless fuel in the form of sun energy. The research in solar power generation has been going on for a long time. It has been a long and arduous journey and only ...
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Choosing the right investments: fast, fair, & future value
16 members of the US Climate Action Partnership (US-CAP), including WRI, sent this letter to Congress and the incoming Obama Administration last week. Alcoa ● The Dow Chemical Company ● Duke Energy ● DuPont ● Environmental Defense Fund ● FPL Group, Inc. ● General Electric ● General Motors ● NRG Energy, Inc. ● Pew Center on Global Climate ...
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European Solar Days events expect more than a half-million participants
mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR-BE X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hundreds of thousands of European citizens will gather at events across the continent to show their support for solar energy during ...
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