Energy for Home Blog

Jul 13, Living Off Grid

Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:10:54 -0400

The new Living Off Grid trend, can a community do it better?

Jul 13, Home solar power systems

Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:08:58 -0400

Types of home solar power systems, home solar power background, cost effectiveness of home solar power systems

Apr 17, Types of Solar Energy | Solar Energy Conversion Methods

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:24:35 -0400

Types of Solar Energy, how sun radiation is converted to other energy forms for residential applications.

Apr 17, Residential Photovoltaic systems, types, size financing and incentives

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:24:22 -0400

Types of residential photovoltaic systems, energy tax credits, financing and leasing models

Apr 17, Residential Solar Power, background, history, does it make sense for you?

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:22:37 -0400

How residential solar power works? Solar power residential background, history, cost and return on investment, does it make sense for you?

Apr 17, Residential Solar Energy Systems, thermal and photovoltaic

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:18:55 -0400

A comparison between two residential solar energy technologies, solar thermal and solar photovoltaic

Apr 17, Pure Sine Inverter – the inverter for off-grid solar systems

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:14:35 -0400

Why pure sine inverter, the difference between offgrid inverter and grid tie inverter, most important features and specification to look into

Apr 17, Types of Solar Water Heating systems

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:10:21 -0400

What are the types of Solar Water Heating Systems, how to decide which solar energy water heater suits your needs?

Apr 17, Off grid Solar Systems, their components and how they work

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:09:10 -0400

What are off grid solar systems, what are their components, off grid solar systems cost and installation, on solar panels

Jun 14, Home Energy,Solar water heater,residential solar power system

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:22:29 -0400

Home energy bills soar? Use solar water heater to heat up water, install a solar or wind power generators, apply energy saving measures

Mar 31, Types of Solar Power, the distributed model to electrical power generation

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:55:47 -0400

The different types of solar power generators, how photovoltaic panels caused a paradigm shift in the way electrical power is generated and distributed

Nov 5, Replacement Windows Costs, how to replace windows in the most cost effective way

Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:50:59 -0500

Replacement windows costs in a nut shell. Learn how to replace windows while minimizing the cost, the installation time while maximizing the benefits.

Nov 2, Saving energy at home, energy saving ideas

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:00:08 -0400

Evaluating the alternatives: saving energy at home, install solar hot water heater and generating your own electricity

Nov 2, Off Grid Appliances and Off Grid Power

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 00:58:06 -0400

Choosing the right off grid appliances and a sound planning the household energy generation and consumption can help to maintain an uncompromised off the grid living.

Oct 28, Micro Hydro Power Advantages and Disadvantages

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:52:19 -0400

What is micro hydro power, what are the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of microhydro power generators?

Oct 25, Grid-tie Solar System, grid connected solar power

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:21:13 -0400

A grid-tie solar system is your small grid connected solar power plant. How it works, what are the different parts, more about cost and installation

Oct 24, Wind Power Turbine, a cost effective residential clean energy generator

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:57:20 -0400

The Wind Power Turbine is the heart of the home wind power plant. What are the necessary conditions for the installation, what is the cost, and why a hybrid solar wind power system

Oct 24, The Solar Water Well Pump is perfect for remote unattended wells

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:08:07 -0400

How to choose a solar water well pump, DC and AC operated solar well pumps, sizing correctly the solar panels and the optional storage batteries, the advantages of solar water well pumps

Oct 23, Home Solar Power Facts | Frequently Asked Questions on Home Solar Energy

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:58:38 -0400

Solar Power Facts, Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Home Solar Power, Home Solar Energy and Home Solar Electric Panels

Oct 23, Solar Panel Systems

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:32:06 -0400

Solar Panel Systems
description, components, cost, return on investment

Oct 23, Solar Energy Panels convert sun energy to electric power

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:24:12 -0400

Types of Solar Energy Panels, cost and the difference between homes connected to the grid and homes that are not connected to the grid

Oct 23, The Solar Energy Loan - financing clean energy

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:18:11 -0400

The need for a solar energy loan, the different options and alternative approaches

Oct 23, Solar Energy for Home, how solar energy is used for residential buildings

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:39:47 -0400

The different ways you can use solar energy for home applications

Oct 23, Solar energy advantages disadvantages, Limitations of solar energy

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:37:15 -0400

Although we are familiar with the solar energy advantages disadvantages to solar energy; What are the limitations to solar energy generators?

Oct 23, Portable Solar Power System: take your power source with you

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:25:35 -0400

The portable solar power system design presents a delicate engineering balance between the away from home power needs, versatility, portability, ruggedness and power delivery capability

Oct 23, Portable solar power generators are clean, compact and silent

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:57:58 -0400

The portable solar power generators advantages, how to choose a portable solar power generator

Oct 23, Photovoltaic Roofing – A Solar Panel Disguised As a Roofing Element

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:53:58 -0400

Photovoltaic roofing are solar tiles that blend seamlessly into the slanted roof, photovoltaic shingles and solar tiles serve for both power generators and as a genuine roof

Oct 23, On grid solar or Off-grid solar?

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:44:50 -0400

How to choose between on grid solar to off-grid solar for your future residential solar power generator?

Oct 23, Generating off grid Power

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:34:22 -0400

Different ways to generate clean off grid power and what are the priorities

Oct 23, Off Grid Hydro Power Generation

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:28:29 -0400

The advantage of Off Grid Hydro Power is that water streams are unbroken and can provide 7X24 clean power generation.

Oct 23, The off grid home, what is it?

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:20:22 -0400

Off grid home is a broader concept than what the phrase literally means. See the “what” and the “why”

Oct 23, Microhydro , a small off grid hydro power generator

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:00:52 -0400

Microhydro, an untapped backyard hydro power treasure you can use to generate off grid hydro electrical power by harnessing a water stream

Oct 23, The Deep Cycle Battery, the battery for off-grid power storage

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:53:57 -0400

The different types of batteries, deep cycle battery, what is important to know before and after you buy?

Oct 23, The Cost of Solar Energy to the Homeowner?

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:36:50 -0400

The homeowner cost of solar energy. How can energy tax credit plans help? What are the revenues during the life cycle of the residential solar system? What is the payback time?

Oct 23, The Charge Controller is the "Batteries' Insurance Policy"

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:50:15 -0400

What is a charge controller, why do you need one for your off-grid solar system and what do you need to know about it?

Oct 23, The advantages of solar energy and of Renewable Energy Sources

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:45:22 -0400

The advantages of solar energy are many as I will detail bellow

Oct 23, The 12V Solar Battery Charger

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:40:29 -0400

Background on the 12V solar battery charger, features and prices of 12 Volt solar battery chargers

Oct 20, Residential wind power and residential wind turbines

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:42:24 -0400

Does it make sense to install a residential wind power system? It depends on geography, on land size and on economics. If conditions are met, it is a very good power source as revealed in this page

Oct 15, Batch solar water heater (ICS), the integral collector storage heater

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:55:11 -0400

Batch solar water heater, the solar collector is also the tank that stores the hot water

Oct 13, Passive Solar Water Heater - what is it??

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:08:09 -0400

Passive solar water heater – can you install one where you live, installation tips, ballpark cost, tax credits and subsidized loans,

Oct 13, Concentrated Solar Power

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:59:08 -0400

What are concentrated solar power systems and can they be used for residential solar power generation?

Oct 13, The Solar Thermal Collector – Converting Sun Radiation into Heat

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:19:45 -0400

How the solar thermal collector converts the Sun Radiation into useful heat? What is the difference between Solar Thermal and Solar Electricity? Why wind power is also derived from the Sun?

Oct 13, Planet Earth Solar, technology overview, solar countries

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:04:14 -0400

Reviewing the trends in Planet Earth Solar technologies and the role of leading solar countries

Sep 17, Pure sine wave inverter and other solar inverters types

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:57:48 -0400

What you need to know about pure sine wave inverter and other types of solar inverters

Sep 16, Solar power benefits and solar power limitations

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:32:03 -0400

Solar power benefits and the limitations of solar power

Sep 13, Decorative Led Garden Lights revive your garden

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:42:28 -0400

Led Garden Lights decorate your garden, are efficient and will last for many years without a connection to the building AC power lines

Sep 11, Solar hot water heaters - clean,economical and simple

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:51:45 -0400

what are solar hot water heaters, their principle of operation, how to choose the right system, how much time is needed to return the investment in a solar powered water heater?

Sep 11, Diy Solar Hot Water Systems

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:46:03 -0400

DIY solar hot water system in your home, step by step diy solar water heater

Sep 1, Solar power for homes | The different residential solar power applications

Sat, 1 Sep 2012 19:40:40 -0400

2012/13 is the right time for solar power for homes. What was changed in solar panels prices that made home solar power systems more attractive to the homeowner? Where is domestic solar power used?

Aug 31, 1500 Energy Tax Rebate

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:45:29 -0400

Details of the stimulus act on $ 1500 energy tax rebate, the 1500 energy tax credit on windows replacement and other energy saving home improvement investment