Sentences with phrase «of solar water heaters»

After all, companies like his in China now produce some 80 percent of the solar water heaters used in the world today.»
A grassroots movement emerged with local communities developing do - it - yourself networks that supplied the initiative, know - how and training for the construction and installation of solar water heaters.
The number of solar units on the island increased over the last 30 years by a factor of nearly 3,000, making Barbados the third highest per - capita user of solar water heaters in the world.
Experts project that by 2010 the number of solar water heaters installed in China will equal the thermal equivalent of electrical capacity of 40 large nuclear power plants.
Currently, Israel shares with Cyprus the highest per - capita use of solar water heaters in the world, and more than 90 percent of Israeli households heat their water with the sun.
The real goliath of solar water heaters, based on the sheer number of solar water heaters in use, is China.
The government mandated the use of solar water heaters on all buildings less than 27 meters in height.
note 2; Ryan Hodum, «Kunming Heats Up as China's «Solar City»,» China Watch (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute and Global Environmental Institute, 5 June 2007); tripling of solar water heaters from Emma Graham - Harrison, «China Solar Power Firm Sees 25 Percent Growth,» Reuters, 4 October 2007.
To involve their community, they installed a network of solar water heaters in local homes — the energy savings brought from this wide network of solar water heaters were then used to fund the church's more large - scale energetic retrofit.
This design was developed by the Davis Energy Group in an effort to lower the price of solar water heaters.
«Experts project that by 2010 the number of solar water heaters installed in China will equal the thermal equivalent of the electrical capacity of 40 large nuclear power plants.»
Using superconducting, nano - particle infused ink, researchers have increased the efficiency of solar water heaters by up to 70 percent.
Shows plumbing the system into the regular hot water tank to allow bypass of the solar water heater if desired.
Huang Ming, the founder of the solar water heater business in China, built a prototype so his aging mother would avoid having her rheumatism flare up by washing the dishes and floor with cold water.

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Sola - Kleen Smalls is in what some might consider the enviable position of being the state's only locally owned and operated manufacturer of solar hot water heaters.
Interested in solar power since he was a teenager, Gross» first business at age 15 was selling plans for solar - powered water heaters and ovens out of the back pages of Popular Science.
It applies to homeowners» purchase of qualified solar water heaters, geothermal heat pumps and other alternative energy equipment.
Both Brazilian sugarcane farmers who turn excess to ethanol and Chinese city dwellers who enjoy hot tea thanks to solar water heaters don't realize it but they are at the forefront of what an international panel of scientists hopes the future will look like.
A large tank in the garage is part of a solar hot - water system, combined with an on - demand water heater that also warms the house on cold days.
At the end of 2008, 40 million homes were getting their hot water from rooftop solar water heaters.
The homes — and the adjacent businesses they supported — would get 50 percent of their power from renewable resources, including solar electricity and solar water heaters.
The NIST has patented a household solar - powered water heater that can provide almost 60 per cent of a typical American family's needs.
This has all of the comforts of home (shower, generator, satellite dish, awning, roof storage, hot water heater, furnace, catalytic heater, solar, cold ac, refrigerator freezer, microwave, 2 burner stove, etc.).
«The program lets homebuyers roll the costs of energy upgrades — new windows, insulation, water heater, solar, or anything like that — into the cost of the mortgage,» says Johnson.
Ecofriendly aspects and cutting edge technology are a trademark of this property, from the recycled roofing materials, led lighting throughout the house and garden, rain water collected in underground tanks and used for irrigation, insulated sliding doors and solar water heaters, the owners have been mindful of the environment.
The property, occupying a beachfront stretch surrounded by 125 acres of wilderness preserve, has just 11 wooden bungalows, all of which are screened, fan - cooled, elevated on stilts (translation: no air - conditioning necessary), and have composting toilets, solar - powered electricity, hot water generated by thermal heaters, and comfy king - size beds with hemp and organic cotton linens.
Solar water heater and zero energy units to heat water, energy saving light bulbs, are just a few of the conscious changes the resort has undergone along with the little touches in each suite — soap dispensers, reusable glass containers for starter packs of coffee, tea and sugar are used instead of disposable packets.
In Western India, a large number of homes have solar water heaters on their roofs.
A solar water heater must become sort of mandatory for each house.
If you were to install a system of solar panels and solar water heaters, then the majority of your electricity and hot water needs would be met by this renewable energy resource.
It is without doubt the most energy greedy part of the Island; air conditioning, electrically generated endless hot water (solar hot water heaters are amazingly absent from this sunny place), huge swimming pools and more cars per person than the rest of Bali, or the rest of Indonesia for that matter.
Another promising opportunity would be to build on the success of India's solar energy market and create policies with teeth for roof - top solar, solar water heaters, and major solar power projects.
Solar water (and air) heaters fall under this category, as they are generally a lot more affordable than a home solar electricity system, and can produce plenty of heat for years - for free - with minimal maintenance or repSolar water (and air) heaters fall under this category, as they are generally a lot more affordable than a home solar electricity system, and can produce plenty of heat for years - for free - with minimal maintenance or repsolar electricity system, and can produce plenty of heat for years - for free - with minimal maintenance or repairs.
I am finally moving into my new house and it will be the lap of luxury with more PV, energy star appliances, a very efficient wood boiler, and a solar water heater.
The 19 % breaks down to about 14 % solar PV and 5 % solar water heaters, so solar PV is clearly the primary source of solar power in the country.
i plan to have solar bubbles (skylights) installed, a tankless water heater, and putting ceramic tile on the front (south facing) part of the flooring for passive solar.
Although solar - generated electricity certainly has its place, and meets a specific need, it's just one way in which we can use the free energy that streams down on us from the sun, and unfortunately, it also seems way more desirable to our modern gadget - centric society than the simple method of using solar energy directly, through devices such as solar cookers, solar ovens, and solar water heaters.
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Himin Solar, China's top solar water heater manufacturer has received investments of US$ 100 million by Goldman Sachs and CDH InvestmSolar, China's top solar water heater manufacturer has received investments of US$ 100 million by Goldman Sachs and CDH Investmsolar water heater manufacturer has received investments of US$ 100 million by Goldman Sachs and CDH Investments.
A solar water heater will reduce the load of your residential electric water heater by almost 2,500 kWh per year.
Roughly two thirds of this growth will come from rooftop solar water and space heaters.
Solar swimming pool heater systems usually use unglazed collectors because they circulate relatively large volumes of water through the collector and capture nearly 80 percent of the solar energy availSolar swimming pool heater systems usually use unglazed collectors because they circulate relatively large volumes of water through the collector and capture nearly 80 percent of the solar energy availsolar energy available.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley today announced plans to install solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House Residence.
Just by the way, this reminds me of US (Democrat and environmentally minded) President Jimmy Carter putting a solar water heater on the White House and then (Republican) Ronald Reagan removing it when he came to power.
Solar water heaters come in a wide variety of designs, all including a collector and storage tank, and all using the sun's thermal energy to heat water.
A unique new design proposal from Nick Pine for an inexpensive solar water heater that may be capable of very high solar fractions and short payback.
How about an all season, $ 300 solar water heater with a payback of one year — this seems reachable to me with some refinement of the designs.
Solar water heaters are typically described according to the type of collector and the circulation system.
Residential solar water heaters generally consist of roof - mounted solar water collectors that directly heat water using sunlight or indirectly heat water by using solar collectors to increase the temperature of a heat - transfer material and pump it to a heat exchanger, which creates the hot water.
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