In the modern business and political environment, intelligent landlords are looking for new ways to adhere to government and the demands of tenants. Finding more environment friendly ways to supply energy to our buildings presents a real challenge.
You’ll have heard about the many benefits of wind power, but permit me to introduce you to solar heating tubes: the other green energy source. The sun is the most powerful energy source there is. Every day, 365 days per year The sun gives us energy in the form of light and heat throughout the year. However most of this energy goes unused, while we continue to burn polluting and rapidly disappearing fossil fuels. Things are only going to get worse if we continue to burn fossil fuels, and it’s time to switch to using green energy, while the governments of many states and countries are prepared to subsidize the costs.
Using solar heating tubes to produce green energy delivers several advantages, for both property owners and their tenants. Based on the amount of hot water is used in the building, the savings can be quite large, even if solar energy is used only to heat the building’s water. Naturally, buildings with differing purposes will use different quantities of warm water, but very few buildings use no hot water at all, whether it is for tenants taking showers, doing laundry, washing dishes, or any of a number of other uses. Numerous homes also use central heating systems, which use coils of heated water underneath the floors to heat the rooms. If this is the case with your buildings, you will be able to save a lot of money by cutting deep into your oil, gas, and electrical use for heating your buildings.
Solar heating tubes employ the latest green technology to make optimal use of the sun’s rays. The cylindrical shape of the receptors allows the receiving unit to harvest solar energy throughout the day, as the sun’s rays will reach the surface of the cylinder during all daylight hours, as opposed to flat solar panels, which only produce power when the sun is shining directly onto their flat surface. The energy collected is then stored in copper rods and the tubes are vacuum sealed, allowing almost none of the energy to escape. The tubes are so well insulated, in fact that the outside of the tubes will be cool to the touch even though the temperature of the rods storing the solar power can reach well over three hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The combination of these two factors makes it possible for landlords to use solar energy in cooler environments. If you are a landlord in New York solar energy is now a practical alternative.
This really is one green technology that you will want to be on the cutting edge of. Using the alternative green technology, the solar heating tube, will not only reduce your carbon footprint and protect the o-zone, it saves you a lot of money in the long run. When you put those two things together, it’s pretty hard to ignore the benefits of installing solar heating tubes.
Craig Axelrod is a principal for Emmy Energy, a NY solar energy operation delivering solar heating tube systems solar energy systems & green systems in the Northeast.
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