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Solar Water Heaters

We now offer solar water heater installations!

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I’m excited to welcome Mr. Trudeau, owner and operator of  -C.A Trudeau Solar Plumbing and Heating-.
Fully Insured & License#  PL -283810
Mr. Trudeau is one of only 18 licensed solar water heating installers in Connecticut at this time (3/2/10)  His company has been installing Solar water heaters, solar pool heaters, and solar radiant systems for over [...]

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Solar water heating solutions from Rheem.

February 26, 2010 Solar Water Heaters
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The Rheem Solar System of the future is here today!
Everyone is familiar with the basic idea of Solar water heaters.  Sunlight hits a light/heat collector; the hot water is stored in a tank.  Which in turn basically consists of strapping up a couple solar collectors on the roof, adding a few safety devises, expansion tank, [...]

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Solar = Security?

December 13, 2009 Solar Water Heaters
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When you commit to a secure alternative energy source to protect you and your family, you send an unspoken message that asserts your belief in self-reliance, and freedom from energy companies rate hikes & mishaps.
Today’s modern culture has developed an infrastructure that brings us incredible convenience, it has also created a complex and intertwined [...]

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Washington to mandate solar water heaters?

November 21, 2009 Solar Water Heaters
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Solar Water Heaters soon to be a Washington mandate?
Some day in the future electric and gas water heaters will become a thing of the past, but some states a moving the future to the now with mandates of solar water heater installations for new building codes.

Hawaii and California now have legislation that requires solar water [...]

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2010, Hawaii requires Solar water heaters in all new homes.

November 20, 2009 Solar Water Heaters
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I heard about this over a year ago, and just saw a little something about it again.
I thought it was interesting enough to share it here.
HONOLULU – All new homes in Hawaii will be required to have solar water heaters installed starting in 2010 under a law approved by the Legislature.
Hawaii becomes the first [...]

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Solar Storage Tanks.

November 19, 2009 Solar Water Heaters
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Their are many companies offering solar water tanks these days, but primarily we use the Rheem solar aide.  Here is some  information about it.
Rheem Solaraide HE 80  and 120 Gallon Solar Storage Tank

Product Benefits:
• Saves you money – Reduces your monthly utility costs
• Saves the environment – Reduces fossil fuel consumption
Product Applications:
• For [...]

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Comparing Solar to Conventional Water Heaters

November 16, 2009 Solar Water Heaters

Compare Solar to Conventional Water Heater

SOLAR WATER HEATER:
FREE energy from the Sun

STANDARD WATER HEATER:
COSTLY gas or electric

Annual operating cost: $50
Annual operating cost: $500-900

Storage Capacity: 80-120 gal
Storage Capacity: 40-50 gal

Life expectancy: 15-30 years
Life expectancy: 8-12 years

Lifetime operating cost: $1,000
Lifetime operating cost: $12,000+

Does NOT pollute environment
Depletes fossil fuels

Increases equity in your home
No added value to [...]

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Federal and state high efficiency Incentives.

November 9, 2009 Geothermal Heat Pumps
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State incentives:   http://www.dsireusa.org/index.cfm
Regional / National
Rebate Information:
For more information on energy tax credits, visit: energytaxincentives.org
For more information on your local tax credits, rebates and incentives, please visit: www.dsireusa.org and www.aceee.org
Local utilities:    Across America local utilities are joining Federal and State Government to offer incentives in the form of rebates for going solar.  Check with your local utility and [...]

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Solar Savings!

November 9, 2009 Solar Water Heaters

Your Water Heater May Use More Energy
Than Anything Else in Your Home!
With a 30% Federal Tax Credit, many state incentives, huge increases in energy costs, 4 to 5 times the power density of Solar Electric PV and the great need to stop pollution and global warming, there has never been a better time to [...]

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What you need to know to go solar.

November 9, 2009 Solar Water Heaters
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1. Southern Orientation – Since the sun rises in the East, crosses over the horizon on the South and sets in the West, you want your collector to face as much to True South on your roof as possible. This is especially true for space heating where you need to be within 15 degrees of [...]

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How a solar water heater works.

November 9, 2009 Solar Water Heaters
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Solar water heaters do three basic operations before the hot water comes out of your faucet:

1. Energy Collection: Sunlight, short wave energy, is collected and converted to heat which is long wave energy. The solar collector is mounted on or near your home facing south. As the sunlight passes through the collector’s plastic or glass [...]

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