RENEWABLE ENERGY
Solar Electric
Photovoltaic (PV) cells turn the sun's energy into electricity. Photo means light and volt is a measure of electricity. PV cells are made of a piece of silicon, the main ingredient in sand. Each side of the silicon has a different chemical added. When radiant energy from the sun hits the PV cell, the sides of the silicon work together to change the energy into electricity. (NEED)
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
The BIPV components are photovoltaic materials that are used to replace conventional building materials in parts of the buildingenvelope such as the roof, skylights, or facades. The advantage is that the initial cost can be offset by reducing the amount spent on building materials and labor while integrating into the building features. (Wiki)
Solar Hot Water
Solar Collectors capture the energy from the sun and turn it into heat. People heat their houses and their water using the captured solar energy. Solar energy passes through the glass, heats up the liquid and changes it to heat. (NEED)
Wind
Solar energy makes the winds that blow over the earth. The sun shines down on the earth. Some parts of the surface heat up faster than others. Land, for example, usually heats more quickly than water. The air over the land gets warm. The warm air rises. The cooler air over the water moves in where the warm air was. The moving air is wind. Wind turbines can capture the wind's energy. The wind turbines turn the energy in moving air into electricity. The wind pushes against the blades of the turbine and they begin to spin. A generator inside the turbine changes the motion into electricity. (NEED)
Geothermal
Geothermal heat offers incredible potential. It is an inexhaustible energy source that is nearly emission-free while being safe and clean. Heat is found in the different rock types that make up the Earth's surface, and deeper in the crust. The deeper you get, the hotter it is. Geothermal energy that comes from 500 feet below the surface is called low temperature geothermal energy with temperatures around 45*F and can be extracted with heat pumps, combined with an energy well.
Green Roofs
Green roofs have social, aesthetic, environmental, health and financial benefits. Improves mental and physical health from exposure to nature. Natural views create more productive, health, happy, creative, relaxed people. The environmental benefits urban heat island mitigation, fire prevention, water conservation and habitat creation. The health benefits from the phychological side is creative problem-solving while mentally restored as evidence by an increase sense of health and well-being. The physical reactions to natural settings seemed to lower both: blood pressure & heart rate. The financial benefits are political correctness, conservation of municipal septic systems, extension of roof life, and energy conservation. Always remember... your green roof isn't going to be green looking all year long, does your grass outside your front door stay that color .
Cool Roofs
Cool roofs are roofs that are designed to maintain a lower roof temperature than traditional roofs while the sun is shining. Sunlight is the primary factor that causes roofs to become very hot. Cool roofs have surfaces that reflect sunlight and emit heat more efficiently than hot or dark roofs, keeping them cooler in the sun. In contrast, hot roofs absorbs much more solar energy than cool roofs, making them hotter. Solar reflectance (% of sunlight that a surface reflects) and thermal emittance (how efficiently a surface cools itself by emitting thermal rediation) are the two key material surface properties that determine a roof's temperature.
EV - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Displace petroleum use in the transportation sector. There are 249 million motor vehicles are on the road in the U.S.. In 2009, the U.S. consumed 378 million gallons of gasoline...per day.
Lighting
Weatherization
Spray polyurethane foam (SPF) is a widely used and highly-effective insulator and sealant.
PRODUCTS
Solar Electric (Product)
Solar PV - Panel - Kyocera Black series
Solar PV - Panel - REC Solar - REC215, 220, 225, 230 Made in USA
Solar PV - Panel - Sharp - NU-U230F3
Solar PV - Panel - Sharp - NU-S5E3E - 16.3% module eff.
Solar PV - Panel - SolarWorld - SW135-240
Solar PV - Panel - Sanyo Dual-sided
Solar PV - Panel - Lumos - LSX 185 - M24 - Frameless
Solar PV - Panel - Lumos - LS 250 -M24 - 15.4% module efff.
Solar PV - Thin film - Abound Solar Thin Film
Solar PV - Thin film - Uni Solar Thin Film
Solar PV - Inverter - Enphase - M series - M190-72-208 or (240) -s11/2 (230W, 54V)
Solar PV - Inverter - Fronius USA - IG Plus - Adj: 208, 240, or 277 VAC
Solar PV - Inverter - SMA - Sunny Boy - SB700,SB3k, SB4k, SB5k,SB6k, SB7k
Solar PV - Inverter - Xantrex - 3,3.8,5,6,7.5,10,11.4 UNI
Solar PV - Racking - Clicksys
Solar PV - Racking - Conergy
Solar PV - Racking - UniRac
Solar PV - Racking - ZepSolar
Solar Battery (Product)
Solar Battery - Battery - Sunxtender - PVX2120L
Solar Hot Water
Solar Thermal - Collector - Viessmann - Vitosol 100-F
Solar Thermal - Commercial - Heliodyne - HCOM
Solar Thermal - Condensing Boiler - Viessmann - Vitodens - 200
Solar Thermal - Controller - HBX - SolarBloc - SOL-0100
Solar Thermal - Controller - Heliodyne - Delta T Pro - DTT-95
Solar Thermal - Controller - Istec - BTU meter
Solar Thermal - Controller - Resol - DeltaSol - BS/1,3, BS Pro, BS Plus
Solar Thermal - Controller - Resol - Caleffi - 257 iSolar 1,2,3,4,Plus
Solar Thermal - Controller - Steca
Solar Thermal - Controller - Tekmar
Solar Thermal - Controller - Viessmann - Vitosolic - 200 - SCU124 - Single load sys.
Solar Thermal - Controller - Viessmann - Vitosolic - 200 - SCU224 - Multi load sys.
Solar Thermal - Evacuated Tubes - SunMaxx - 3570
Solar Thermal - Expansion Tank - Flexcon
Solar Thermal - Heat Transfer Appliance - Heliodyne - Helio-Pak - HPAK 16,24,32,48
Solar Thermal - Insulation - Armstrong - Armaflex
Solar Thermal - Insulation - ITW - Aluminum Jacketing
Solar Thermal - Insulation - Urecon -
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - American Standard
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - Enerworks
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - First Co.
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - Greentek
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - Heliodyne - GOBI - 406,408,410
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - Roth - Solar Station
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - Sunward - Made in USA
Solar Thermal - Pump Stations (Package) - Viessmann
Solar Thermal - Panel Radiators - Buderus - P.444999019 - Towel Warmers
Solar Thermal - Piping - Aeroline
Solar Thermal - Piping - Armacell
Solar Thermal - Piping - Onix
Solar Thermal - Piping - Propress
Solar Thermal - Piping - Rems
Solar Thermal - Piping - Ridgid
Solar Thermal - Piping - Rothenberger
Solar Thermal - Piping/Thermal - FlexSure
Solar Thermal - Piping/Thermal - KFlex - K-Flex Solar - Twin sys. - ST
Solar Thermal - Piping/Thermal - Lumos - ThermoFlex - AISI 316L
Solar Radiant Flooring
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Solar Attic Fans
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Solar Light Tubes
Light tubes - Solatube
Light tubes - Tecta daylight
Solar Parking Structures
Electric Vehicle Charging Station
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Geothermal
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Wind
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Lighting
Lighting - Bulb - GE - EnergySmart - Bright daylight
Lighting - Bulb - GE - EnergySmart - Soft white
Lighting - Bulb - Philips - EnduraLED eW Burst Powercore
