Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Habitat For Humanity Solar pictures

















Hey solarDwellers:

Hopefully, after two days of work plus just one more coming up, we'll have another few solar PV systems completed on the Habitat for Humanity East Bay project in Livermore, CA!! Yess!!!

Check out my pictures from the event at http://solardweller.shutterfly.com and feel free to send me any solar questions or even how much a solar PV system might cost these days at : solarisbetter@comcast.net. Best email is solarisbetter@yahoo.com  I enjoy getting your solar questions and letting you know how easy(or challenging) a solar solution can be.

Go solar and enjoy the pictures,
--the solarDweller
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50 comments:

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i love solar energy..
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Hi Jason,
as I know there is shortage for Polysilicon - rawmaterial for solar cells producing. Don't you have any shortage of PV-Panells?

Mark said...

Beautiful picture and you are showing what's possible in a solar world.

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Huanger said...

Are there any other upcoming projects in the Bay Area. I'd love to somehow incorporate our Solar LED accents to the Habitat for Humanity cause.

Looking forward to updates

John
john@solarcynergy.com

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What an amazing project... thanks for the cool pictures. I think I might mention this to my readers...

solar man said...

wow that is crazy. Those homes are beautiful and the solar is amazing. Great program Habitat is and East Bay looks like they are doing great

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This past May, Sebonack Golf Club in Southhampton, NY converted 39 of their 40 Golf carts into Solar. Earlier this year, the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course in Hong Kong became the first club in the world to outfit it's entire fleet of golf carts with Solar Tops. Both claim and annual savings of over $50,000.00 US by going Solar. Hawaii Prince Golf Club has also converted 10 of their golf carts.

The impact this is having is not only the reduction in their Carbon footprint, but the reduction in downtime for their golfers and the savings on electric costs because they do not have to plug in as often. And one of the greater advantages to going Solar is the extended battery life. The costs savings become tremendous as well as continuous.

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Jim said...

Hold Cow! That is an awome photo. I am working with our local Habitat hopefully one day we will have something like that. North Carolina solar is taking off like wild fire and I hope that sooner then later we see projects like that here in NC.

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Daniel said...

Wow. I didn't know Habitat for Humanity worked with Solar Projects.

Daniel said...

Wow. I didn't know Habitat for Humanity worked with Solar Projects.

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