subject: Solar Heating Tubes And Green Energy [print this page] Climate change concerns lots of todays landlords, and using green energy in the form of solar heating tubes to supply a buildings water can go a long way towards addressing a tenant's concerns. If you have commercial property, residential apartments or industrial buildings, your prospective clientele will see the fact that a building uses green energy as a big benefit. Switching to green energy sources where you can will speak volumes about your ethics to prospective renters.
Green credentials aside, there are lots of reasons to install solar panels. You will save significantly on your gas and energy expenses by becoming less reliant on these sources of heat for your buildings hot water consumption. Any savings can be used to become more profitable, or pass the savings along to your tenants.
Solar heated water is not a new concept, of course. The idea of using solar energy to heat water have around us since the late 1800s. However, although steady strides have been made to improve technology, until recently solar power was somewhat unreliable in cold or cloudy countries. And these are the places where energy bills are at their highest. The recent development of vacuum-sealed solar heating tubes, however, are enabling an increasing number of people to switch to a solar energy system.
Solar heating tubes cylindrical shape allows them to be positioned in such a way that some of their surface is constantly facing the sun, allowing them to absorb the sun's rays for much longer than their predecessors. As they're able to harness the suns power more efficiently, they are able to harvest enough solar power to heat a buildings water even during the winter and on cold days. Being vacuum sealed further helps their efficiency as vacuums provide the optimal situation in which to insulate the heat source. Because of this less power is lost. The heating element on the inside of the tube will get hot, while the outside of the tube, insulated by the vacuum, remains cool to the touch. All of this leads to an increase in the amount of the solar power being retained and used for its intended purpose, heating the building's water.
Your buildings boiler system or hot water heater uses up a sizable chunk of the power your building uses. You can significantly lower your energy bills by installing solar heating tubes and using the sun's energy to your advantage. You only need buy and install the solar heating tubes once, and the savings can keep on coming.
There has never been a better time than now to begin using green energy sources such as solar heating tubes. Many governments are offering incentives to in courage building owners to install green technology which generates sustainable energy sources. Most governments allow tax rebates which cover most of the costs of installing these money and energy saving features. Eventually, all buildings will have to conform to strict environmental regulations regarding their power consumption. It would be much better to act now, while the government will help defray some of the costs.
