In celebration of our 12 new SCRCC-approved OG-300 solar water heating systems, we decided to use Free Hot Water’s handy-dandy solar hot water cost calculator and find out which states provided the fastest payback time for residential solar water heating. … Continue reading
More solar water heating news from Free Hot Water HQ: The Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) has approved a total of 12 new OG-300 residential solar water heating systems manufactured by Free Hot Water. The certifications include 12 closed-loop … Continue reading
No matter what you think about the current presidential administration, the current US Department of Energy is huge proponent of solar technologies under Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winning scientist. Case in point is the DOE’s development of Solar … Continue reading
Here’s a great infographic from solar PV lead generator, One Block Off the Grid a.k.a. 1bog.org. The people over there do amazing work, turning plain numbers and facts into colorful, easy-to-understand, visual information. If you’re handy with graphics, please create … Continue reading
Free Hot Water just discovered a new way for commercial buildings to save on their electric utility bills—and it’s not just for solar water heating systems. The solution works for any building. The situation: Most commercial building owners pay a … Continue reading
A few months ago, a few of us were talking around the ol’ Free Hot Water water cooler about how commercial solar hot water systems weren’t like residential systems. While SRCC-OG-300 residential systems come in a nice rebate-ready packages based … Continue reading
Below is a very interesting video about business leadership from the TED conference. If you’ve never heard of the TED conference, it’s a worldwide event that invites leading innovators to give 20 minute presentations about Technology, Entertainment, or Design (hence “TED”). … Continue reading
When fitness center owners think of operation costs, they don’t necessarily think of their utility bills… until they get it. Every month. The truth is that water heating costs can be substantial for a busy gym or athletic club. Think … Continue reading
I love infographics. Anyone can throw out facts and figures about the average American’s use and source of energy, but it’s another thing to show that information visually and comparatively. At a glance of the above, I know that: 20% … Continue reading
There’s a great deal of debate in the United States about whether climate change is a threat to life as we know it or hoax by some kind of fantastic scientific conspiracy. I’m not going to debate climate change on … Continue reading
