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Since ancient times, people have found ways to use the sun’s heat to stay warm or keep cool. They built homes from clay and other materials that hold heat well, and they placed them in ways that ...

As winter departs it's a good time to evaluate how well the heating's been working. Bruce Gill updates us on his DIY solar heating system installed a decade ago, spiders and all. Journal Information ...

Getting solar panels professionally installed can be expensive. If you're on a budget, here's how you can make your own. Solar panels are becoming more popular throughout the country, and there are ...

A passive solar-heated home needs no solar panels to heat or cool it. Rather, the energy used to heat and cool a house comes directly from the sun through skylights and windows. Some of that energy is ...

Do you enjoy coming home to a warm home in the dead of winter? Do you leave your furnace running in cold weather even if no one’s home? If you want to keep the house warm for when you return later in ...

Using a solar water heater can save a household significant money and help reduce local and regional emissions that cause air pollution. Although they do require a ...

The weather is heating up, and you may think that's great for your solar panels. But you can efficiently get that energy flowing all year long. Here's how. Spring is here, so that means more sun, ...

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Solar heaters use energy from the sun to create heat. These heaters encompass a variety of products, such as solar hot water heaters, solar pool heaters and solar space heaters that can warm up small ...

PORTSMOUTH – Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative will hold a “skill-share” workshop on adapting and installing solar space heating panels on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Port City Makerspace. The ...