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Quantum Heat Pump Solar Hot Water System.

Looks like our next water heating adventure will be to Australia. Always wanted to visit and now we have a reason to go. To see the Quantum Heat Pump – Solar water hating system by Enviro Friendly Products in action. If you haven’t guessed by now we are pretty crazy about water heaters [...]

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August 8, 2011

US Solar Market Grew 67% in 2010

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US Solar Market Grew 67% in 2010
The US solar market value grew 67% last year to US$6 billion despite the recession, according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GMT Research.
By Renewable Energy Focus staff
According to the report, U.S. Solar Market Insight: Year-in-Review 2010, solar was the fastest growing [...]

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August 4, 2011

Energy and environment fallout expected from U.S. debt deal

Water Heating Rebate Info

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December 13, 2009

Solar = Security?

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When you commit to a secure alternative energy source to protect you and your family, you send an unspoken message that asserts your belief in self-reliance, and freedom from energy companies rate hikes & mishaps.
Today’s modern culture has developed an infrastructure that brings us incredible convenience, it has also created a complex and intertwined [...]

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November 21, 2009

Washington to mandate solar water heaters?

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Solar Water Heaters soon to be a Washington mandate?
Some day in the future electric and gas water heaters will become a thing of the past, but some states a moving the future to the now with mandates of solar water heater installations for new building codes.

Hawaii and California now have legislation that requires solar water [...]

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September 23, 2009

How a solar water heater works.

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Solar water heaters do three basic operations before the hot water comes out of your faucet:

1. Energy Collection: Sunlight, short wave energy, is collected and converted to heat which is long wave energy. The solar collector is mounted on or near your home facing south. As the sunlight passes through the collector’s plastic or glass [...]

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