Festival Promotes Sustainable Consumption

About 150 businesses and microenterprises and rural producers eco artisans gathered at the Fountain of Xochipilli to jump-start the first festival of organic products and for sustainable consumption, organized by environmentalists and Green Pages New Ventures.
Pots made of glass or plastic bottles, solar water heaters, steam washing machines for cars, organic soaps and even recycled [...]

Solar Heater That Uses Plastic Bottles

When I started studying solar energy, I could not understand anything, I was going to my classes and everything but I did not understand a 100%, I saw how things worked, when I started to built them, that is how I understood how solar energy worked.
This same thing happened to me the first time I [...]

Whole Community With Solar Energy

A community in Canada has an unusual form of solar power that can provide over 90% of the annual heating and hot water needs for the homes, despite being situated in a cold Alberta location where winter temperatures can reach -33 degrees C (-27 F).
The Drake Landing Solar Community collects solar energy in a heat [...]

Basics Of Solar Energy You Need To Know

The basics of solar energy are something everyone should know. The more you know about solar energy, the more prepared you will be for the transition that we eventually will experience with all this renewable energy.
Solar energy is one of the best types of energy. As you will learn these basics, there are many [...]

The Most Efficient Solar Energy Boilers

Can solar heaters completely replace the gas boilers? Yes!
Almost all solar water heaters consist of the following: a flat solar collector system (photo-thermal), a water tank and copper tubing that connect them.
The water heated by the collector is stored in the tank, through a pressure valve; water flows and caters directly to the house.
There are, [...]

Save Money Using a Solar Boiler

Arrange few bits and pieces from the next door hardware stores and set up solar boiler system in your house. It has become very common practice today. Global warming and soaring fuel prices have worked like catalyst in the promotion of usages of solar energy and its consequences can be experienced with the entry of [...]

Mexican Solar Heaters save Energy

The cost of these nonrenewable energies is increasing alarmingly every year, as the tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) that contaminate the atmosphere.
Conscious of the necessity to act, Calorex, company of the Saltillo Industrial Group, it has given a turn to establish viability, energy saving, advantages of solar energy and to take care of the environment, [...]

The First Dwelling Eco Unit In Mexico

With an investment of two million pesos, the local authorities presented the first sustainable housing in the city, allowing residents to reduce costs and implementing environmental measures against global warming.
The green units are distinguished by the installation of solar water heaters, green walls, community gardens and use of various eco techniques, which ensures less damage [...]

Biggest Laundry Service in the World Uses Solar Energy

It has 153 washing machines, 147 dryers and 36 solar heaters. Tom Benson, the owner, said that he installed these panels only to save money, but his clients and we are thankful for his help to the environment.
Nowadays, to heat water is very expensive and a laundry needs a lot of water to keep on [...]

How Does The Water Heating System Works

The operation of solar energy is much simpler than it seems. Everything is a matter of understanding the concepts, that are really easy to understand, but being novel, it is not always so easy to digest them.
That’s why we are bringing the task of hunting short and concise videos on the procedures of solar energy, [...]