Last month, I wrote about the EcoDog home power monitoring system , which lets you see how much electricity your house is pulling, circuit by circuit. Apart from being fun for energy geeks like me who have an insatiable appetite for data, the device lets you discover patterns in your power consumption you might never [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/03/03/looking-for-patterns-in-your-electric-use-the-emonitor-home-energy-monitor/
Solar panels are supposed to be a set-and-forget technology. Mine have performed just as advertised. All the installer said I need to do is look them over a couple of times a year and rinse off any dirt buildup. The approval and installation process had its delays and gaffes , but all’s well that ends [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/16/the-literally-shocking-truth-about-the-quality-of-solar-arrays/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar ). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Who could put a price on spring? Ah, the reawakened life, the budding flowers, the dabbles of green in the grey wood. [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/happy-equinox-a-very-special-time-of-year-for-solar-arrays/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . I had a fun talk yesterday afternoon with Bob MacDonald, the CEO of Skyline Solar , makers of a new concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/focus-your-mind-the-rise-of-concentrated-solar-power/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . [More]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/are-old-houses-doomed-the-conflict-between-historic-preservation-and-energy-efficiency/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Earlier this week I posed the question of whether old houses will ever be able to reduce their energy needs by the factor of [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/five-tips-for-people-who-love-both-the-earth-and-old-houses/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Solar power involves wondrous quantum physics and materials science , but its fate may hinge on whether contractors can learn to bolt on [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/cutting-the-cost-of-solar-by-watching-every-nut-and-bolt/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Solar arrays can do more than feed energy into the power grid. They might also be able to help the grid cope with a [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/how-home-solar-arrays-can-help-to-stabilize-the-grid-part-1-of-2/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . In the first installment of this post, Arnold Mckinley of Xslent Energy Technologies described how “reactive power” — that is, power stored momentarily by [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/how-home-solar-arrays-can-help-to-stabilize-the-grid-part-2-of-2/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . A few posts ago, I talked about the tragic conflict between preserving historic homes and reducing their carbon footprint. I thought our solar array [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/solar-panels-versus-historic-districts-a-conflict-we-need-to-resolve/
