Economics of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
Efficiency Maine has announced that their popular $1,000 summer promotion for the Home Energy Savings Program (HESP) has been extended. Sign up by August 31st to qualify for an additional $1,000 beyond the existing $1,500 – $3,000 of incentives available in the program. Here’s how it works: You no longer have to complete the project… Read more
July 27, 2010
The solar hot water system for Scratch Baking Company has reduced their natural gas usage by more than 25% For Bob Johnson at the Scratch Baking Company, solar hot water was a matter of “very simple math.” With a modest investment in a solar hot water system, his business could “take a pretty big chunk… Read more
July 26, 2010
Time: Thursday, July 22nd, 6PM – 7:30PM Location: 7 Goldenrod Lane, Falmouth, ME (Map) We will be offering an open house with at the Hayman residence at 7 Goldenrod Lane, Falmouth. The Haymans have both an evacuated tube solar hot water system for heating domestic water and a 5kw grid-tied photovoltaic system. This is your… Read more
July 22, 2010
In the News, Residential Projects
The Granite State has already been a solar leader in New England with their generous $6,000 cash rebate for residential solar electric systems up to 5kw as well as an average $1,500 rebate for solar hot water. Now New Hampshire has taken the next step – mandating utilities to pay the customer for excess electric… Read more
July 20, 2010
In the News, Schools & Nonprofits
ReVision has commissioned our latest educational solar project – a 15.4kw grid-tied solar electric array installed on Winthrop High School, a system that will offset roughly 28,149lbs. of CO2 emissions annually. The project, which was funded in large part thanks to an Efficiency Maine Block Grant, will save the school more than $3,000 a year… Read more
July 20, 2010
Today in the US Edition of the Wall Street Journal, an article about how appliances can be both energy efficient and good-looking. Gwendolyn Bounds writes: Say goodbye to the scary room, that dank, dark spot where boilers and water heaters work among the spiders, with human visits taking place only when something—”Honey, there’s no hot… Read more
July 15, 2010