{"id":1250,"date":"2005-06-05T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-05T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/05\/solar-how-tos\/"},"modified":"2005-06-05T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-05T16:08:00","slug":"solar-how-tos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/solar-how-tos\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar How-Tos"},"content":{"rendered":"
I picked up the latest issue of Mother Earth News<\/em><\/a> yesterday, and really enjoyed this article<\/a> on installing a grid-tied solar power system for your home. Unfortunately, Missourri has jerry-rigged the concept of net-metering<\/a> rather than doing the real thing… There’s also an article<\/a> on a new home in Capitola, CA, that combines a PV system, passive solar design and superinsulated walls and ceilings; their average monthy energy bill in 2004 was a mere $13.22.<\/p>\n On the same front, Treehugger points us<\/a> to an article from Home Power<\/em> magazine<\/a> that details solar hot water systems (doesn’t look like it’s available online). I can still remember my grandparents installing one of these in the ’70s, and I’d imagine that the technology has improved greatly since then.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: solar power<\/a>, green building<\/a><\/p>\n