If you purchase solar equipment from Alpine Solar Heat and Hot Water you will help the environment, reduce your fuel expenses, and help cure a disease. For every ten solar collectors sold, $100 will be donated to Charley's Fund which supports medical research to find a cure or treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystroyphy.
Alpine Solar Heat and Hot Water is your local source of solar hot water equipment for residential and commercial domestic hot water, space heating, and swimming pool heating. There is a large inventory of Sunflower brand evacuated tube solar hot water collectors. Sunflower and Stiebel Eltron controllers are also available. These items, with current prices shown, are generally not available from the local plumbing suppliers. Prices shown on this page for items not usually stocked by Alpine Solar are subject to change by the supplier.
There are several methods which could be used to take advantage of solar hot water collectors to heat the water in your swimming pool. One approach is to design a system to heat your house in the winter, and use the same collectors to heat your pool during the summer. This arrangement would increase the enjoyment of your pool, and reduce the use of conventional fuel for heating your home. A simpler approach is to use solar hot water collectors to heat the pool during the swimming season, and winterize the solar equipment when the pool is winterized.
After deciding that you want to take advantage of solar domestic hot water, there are several options available to complete the installation. Your Plumbing and Heating Contractor: If there is a reliable contractor you usually hire for your plumbing needs, that contractor could be your first choice to install your solar hot water equipment. Many plumbing and heating contractors have training and experience with solar installations. If necessary, the owner of Alpine Solar can help your contractor through the differences between installing a conventional water heater and installing solar hot water.
It would be better to require new buildings to be zero net energy, and allow the property owner to decide what technology to use. In many cases a photovoltaic array will be the best choice, but there are other options.
This article describes large battery installations as early as 2016. Battery backup was operational at my home during 2008.
New solar hot water collector installed during a February day with a lot of wind in Pittsfield, MA.
If the homeowner gets solar electricity the utility will find a way to get the customer to pay extra for connecting, while the renewable energy is helping during peak times and reducing the need for more capital expenditure by the utility. Some states have regulations that minimize the utility greed.
If parts of Hawaii can get to 50% renewable electricity, it can be done in the rest of the US.
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