RevoluSun is all about giving you a Smart Home, but do you know the difference between a solar thermal water heater and a sun Bandit PV water heater? Solar thermal water heaters like theirs work by ...

In the U.S., energy consumption for water heating is 19% of residential, 23% of lodging, and 11% of health care energy use (EIA, 2018). Despite this high consumption, the total energy provided by ...

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.

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 ...

My last column focused on our man-made solar eclipse, some of the damage that results from drilling for fossil fuels and ways we can reduce our need for natural gas by using the sun to heat water and ...

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 ...

Using the power of the sun to heat your water is one of the simplest ways that you can make your home more energy efficient. Heating water usually accounts for 40 percent of an average family's ...

The book “Solar Thermal Systems: Thermal Analysis and its Application” encapsulates the solar thermal systems available to meet the need of food, fresh water, cooking food, heating water etc. The ...

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 ...

Florida Power & Light Co.’s solar rebate program is winding down. All that’s left of the so-called “free money” is approximately $266,000 in residential solar water heating rebates and $97,320 in ...

Joseph Fiordaliso, head of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities explained the state’s 2019 Energy Master Plan in a Star-Ledger/NJ.com op-ed. I have reviewed that plan and find the goals and ...

DIY site Instructables details how to build a solar thermal water heater on the cheap using parts from a recycled refrigerator grill and a few other bits and pieces. So how well does it work? I let ...