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Solar Heating Tubes: The Other Green Energy

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In today's economic and political environment, smart landlords are seeking ways to conform to government regulations and tenant demands. Getting hold of more environment friendly ways of supplying energy to your buildings can be is not easy. There's been a lot of talk lately about the many benefits of wind energy, but you may not have heard about solar heating tubes: the other green energy [1] source. There is no better, or more untapped, source of green energy than the sun. Every day, 365 days per year The sun gives us energy in the form of light and heat all year long. But most of the energy it supplies goes to waste, while we continue to burn polluting and rapidly disappearing fossil fuels. Things will only get worse if we continue to rely on fossil fuels, and it's time to switch to using green energy, while the government is offering financial incentives. Employing solar heating tubes as an alternate form of green energy will have several benefits, for both landlords and tenants. Based on the amount of hot water the building uses, the savings can be huge, even if solar energy is used only to heat the building's water. Of course, different buildings will use different quantities of warm water, but hot water is used in one way or another in nearly every building, whether it is for tenants taking showers, doing laundry, washing dishes, or even just washing their hands. Lots of properties also employ central heating systems, using coils of heated water underneath the flooring to heat the rooms. If this is the case with your buildings, you'll be able to save a lot of money by reducing the amount of oil, gas or electricity you use for heating your buildings. In places like New York solar energy has always been regarded as ineffective as the weather is changeable and there is often not enough direct sunlight for solar panels to be effective. Solar heating tubes, on the other hand, work differently and are able to capture much more sunlight. The shape of the solar heating tubes allows the receiving unit to collect the sun's energy during all daylight hours, simply because the sun's rays will reach the surface of the cylinder during all daylight hours, as opposed to flat solar panels, which require direct sunlight to work at optimal levels. The energy collected is then stored inside copper rods inside of a vacuum-sealed tube, providing perfect insulation and allowing hardly any of the energy to escape. The tubes are so well insulated that the surfaces of the tubes will remain cool to the touch even though the temperature of the rods storing the solar power can be well over three hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The combination of these two recent advances in solar technology enables property owners to make use of solar energy in climates where it was once though to be impractical, such as those with much cloudy weather and colder environments. If you are a landlord in New York green energy is now within your grasp. This really is one green energy source that you would be a fool not to use. Employing the alternative green technology, the solar heating tube, won't just reduce your carbon footprint and protect the ozone, but it also saves you a lot of money in the long run. When you look at it that way, it's awfully hard to ignore the benefits of installing solar heating tubes. Craig Axelrod is VP of Business Development for Emmy Energy, a NY solar energy [2] operation delivering solar heating tube systems [3] solar electric panels [4] & green systems throughout the North East. [1] http://www.youracnepro.com/bloghttpf://egreendiyenergy.com [2] http://www.youracnepro.com/bloghttpf://www.emmyenergy.com/index.cfm [3] http://www.youracnepro.com/bloghttpf://www.emmyenergy.com/green-energy-products/solar-heating-tubes.cfm [4] http://www.youracnepro.com/bloghttpf://www.emmyenergy.com/green-energy-products/solar-electric-panels.cfm

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