Shine On: A Guide To Home Solar Incentives And Savings
Are you tired of high electricity bills and looking for a way to save money while helping the environment? Installing solar panels in your home could be the answer.
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Harnessing Solar Power for Pool Heating
Solar power is making waves in the world of renewable energy, and one of its standout uses is pool heating. Instead of traditional electric or gas heaters, we can now use the sun’s energy to warm our pools.
How Are Solar Tiles and Windows Lending a Designer Touch to Sustainable Homes?
Homeowners with an eye for style are going beyond traditional solar panels, with solar tiles and windows upping the design appeal of sustainable living.
What to Consider When Buying a Sustainable Home
Eco-friendly building materials reduce dependency on natural resources, such as gas and oil, and lower energy usage.
7 Things Every Homeowner Must Know Before Installing Solar Panels
There are many benefits to using solar panels. Aside from reducing electricity costs, you will receive a federal income tax credit when you file your taxes and local rebates from Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC), which could cut in half the investment you made for the installation.
Sustainable Living Starts With Home Design
Minimising your carbon footprint, reducing harmful emissions, and living more sustainably will contribute to a better environment and help you significantly reduce your energy costs.
Sao Bernardo Elementary School by ARTE TECTóNiCA
The aim was to create a new project to replace 8 basic educational classrooms at São Bernardo Elementary School, in Aveiro, Portugal.Â
LEED Platinum Certified House by Studio 804
This LEED Platinum Certified House is the latest example of Studio 804’s mission to build creative sustainable housing in established, but marginal urban neighborhoods.
Hart House: Contemporary Interpretation of the One-Room Beach Shack
Hart House is located on the idyllic shoreline of Great Mackerel Beach, and was conceived as a contemporary interpretation of the quintessential one-room Australian beach shack.
Carbon Neutral House Made from Concrete Panels and Whitewashed Recycled Brick
Whispering Smith’s House A is a challenge to the status quo of housing in Perth. The sustainable apartment-house hybrid is designed for small lots and uses commercial materials in an innovative way to achieve a tight footprint and carbon neutral status.
This Minimalist Red House / Rebelo de Andrade Architecture
This minimalist red house, as well as the adjacent farm building, were designed to minimise building times and costs and to privilege energy sustainability.
Brooklyn Passive House Plus by Baxt Ingui Architects
78 Third Place–the first Passive House Plus built in the United States–included a rehabilitation of a townhouse built in the early 1900’s. Revitalized by New York-based studio, Baxt Ingui the work respected the original historical architecture of the main building and restoration of the front façade