Open loop. Closed loop. Active. Passive. Single tank or dual tank. Purchasing a solar hot water heater is a task full of choices. Choices that often go unrecognized as we scramble to explain how it…

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Did you know that if you install a Biomass Stove – wood, pellets, etc. that you can nab a  30% tax credit ($1,500  max) up until 2010? Who knows that homeowners can get a 30% tax break for installing Solar Hot Water Heating until  2016? Maybe the new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which was signed into law by President Obama in February 2009 isn’t as complicated as the IRS tax code but does anyone really want to delve into the 400 pages of legislation to figure all the ins and outs about how to qualify for the green tax credits available to homeowners?

In a Cliff’s Notes version of the myriad incentives, rebates, and tax incentives GREENandSAVE has created a Federal Tax Incentive Decoder and condensed the material to 11 bite sized pages. Best of all, this resource does not cost a dime and can be downloaded at: http://www.greenandsave.com/homecheckup/free_federal_tax_incentive_decoder

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The concept of making a solar dish isn’t at all new.   I even seen it at Mythbusters.  Basically the design was a huge parabola composed of an array of mirrors focused on a single point.     It is basically the same concept as focusing a magnifying glass to a certain point to ignite a match or [...]

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