August 16, 2011 Reprinted with permission Copyright, all rights reserved Derek Wong is a Toronto based sustainability consultant. He holds an Engineering degree from University of Melbourne and is a CSA America certified greenhouse gas professional. See contact info and more posts like this at Carbon49.com. 93% of CEOs see sustainability as important to...
August 13, 2011 Re-printed with permission Copyright, all rights reserved I recently got a copy of a utility bill for a Minnesota business that has a 40-kilowatt (kW) solar PV array. I wanted to learn how quickly he’d pay off his array with the electricity savings. I was shocked. Payback time was 30 years. ...
I recently ran a small, informal poll on a couple of solar (and related) online discussion groups, asking if respondents had installed solar on their own property, and if not, why not. Results showed, without a doubt, the two most frequent reasons people had not already implemented solar were: (1) the cost; and (2)...
By David Dobs Electrical Engineer, PE Having been an electrical engineer with 35 years experience in the profession as a consulting engineer, I have always had the dream of someday owning a solar-powered home. In March 2011, I completed a course of study in the design and installation of solar energy systems and passed...
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