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How Much Electricity Does a Computer Use?
Computers have become an indispensable part of our daily lives, both for personal use and work-related tasks. For many California…
What is the Difference Between Watts, Kilowatts, and Kilowatt-Hours?
In the realm of solar panels and energy consumption, understanding the units that measure the electricity generated is important. As…
How Much Electricity Does a Lightbulb Use?
Energy conservation is important for homeowners today and understanding how much electricity a light bulb uses is essential. The United…
Will Solar Panels Damage Your Roof?
In recent years, the United States has seen a surge in homeowners adding solar panels to their homes, especially in…
Pros and Cons of Tankless Water Heaters
California homeowners are always on the lookout for ways to optimize their energy use and reduce their monthly bills. One…
How Much Electricity Does an Air Conditioner Use?
During the summer in California, the heat can be relentless. As temperatures soar, many homeowners see their utility bills rise…
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Beautiful Green Homes Designed With Solar
Whether you’re building a new environmentally sustainable solar-powered home or making your existing abode more energy efficient, we recognize the importance of curb appeal. That’s why Solar Technologies takes a fundamentally different approach to how we design and engineer complete solar energy solutions. Even with 70 percent fewer visible parts,1 our solar systems deliver 70 percent more…
What’s the best renewable energy for you?
You want your company to use renewable energy, but you don’t have a clue about your options or how to weigh them. Don’t worry. It’s an increasingly common challenge as renewables gain in popularity. There are seven main types of commercial renewable energy. All of them reinforce sustainable business practices, but—just like fossil fuels—all of them come with unique…
Collaboration Is Key to Our Solar Future
Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” By all accounts, we’ve witnessed the best of multi-stakeholder collaboration when it comes to developing long-term strategies that promote clean energy adoption. The COP21 agreement and bipartisan extension of the U.S. Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar and…
How solar power can increase your commercial property value
Listing the many benefits of solar panels for business is easy, but quantifying the value of each can be more challenging. The impact on property value is a prime example. While it’s likely true that a building equipped with quality solar panels for commercial property is more valuable than a facility that relies on fossil…
Solar Technologies Customers Share Why They Went Solar
At Solar Technologies our customers are at the heart of everything we do. After all, our customers are the reason that we’ve spent the past 30 years innovating relentlessly to deliver the most advanced solar solutions powering our world and changing the future of energy. Here are excerpts from some of our favorite customer reviews and…
Sustainability Star: Toyota is going places few companies have been before
This past July, Toyota officially opened its new, 100-acre North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. Cutting the ribbon on such a groundbreaking, 3-years-in-the-making corporate sustainability success story would be reason enough for most companies to celebrate. But the folks at Toyota are just as energized by the many sustainable design principles they’ve incorporated into their state-of-the-art campus.…
Home Solar Savings Make for a Happier New Year!
We recently asked some of our home solar customers to share with us on Facebook how much money they saved with Solar Technologies® solar in 2017; how much energy they produced; and how much CO2 they avoided. Such information is easily accessible thanks to Solar Technologies monitoring app, which customers can access on any smart device such as a cell…
Solar Technologies Warranty Agreement
Solar Technologies is pleased to provide a limited product and power warranty on its photovoltaic modules and/or systems components (“PV System”). Warranty rights may be assigned and transferred to subsequent assignees subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the limited product and power warranty for the PV System being assigned and transferred. Please…
Solar Power Plant O&M: Robots Offer Smarter Way to Protect and Enhance Your Investment
Cleaning solar panels installed at large-scale solar plants in arid regions of the world is generally considered a necessary evil. Operators must clean the panels to meet energy production goals, but cleaning requires precious O&M resources in terms of increased labor, water and other costs. As a result, the number of cleanings is minimized to…
Solar power – The best way to use natural resources
Solar power – The best way to use natural resources Solar power is one of the fastest growing inventions and many products are still being designed with the use of this technology. You don’t only save on electricity bills but are indirectly helping to save the environment. Here are some of the benefits to using…