September 17, 2010
The South African Solar Challenge 2010 kicks off in Pretoria next week. The ten-day race between solar-powered cars travelling more than 4 000 km across the […]
September 14, 2010
A house or a building can be thought of as being an envelope, which shelters an indoor space from the weather outside. The objective of the […]
September 14, 2010
The concept of green plumbing is still relatively unknown in South Africa. This is changing however as South African plumbers and water related stakeholders are fast […]
September 13, 2010
In recent years, interest in solar energy has steadily increased among investors. Solar energy, itself, converts sunlight or radiant energy into usable electricity. Of course, the […]
September 12, 2010
The era of personalized energy systems — in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars — took […]
September 12, 2010
Solar energy is the newest and most cost effective way to satisfy the huge energy needs of human beings. There are many useful applications of the […]
September 10, 2010
Saudi Arabia’s newest purification plant will use state-of-the-art solar technology. Saudi Arabia meets much of its drinking water needs by removing salt and other minerals from […]
September 9, 2010
Made from two cardboard boxes, some clear plastic wrap, and a little tape. You can build a nearly free solar dehydrator. Set it on a stool […]
September 8, 2010
When one looks at the initial cost of solar powering a home, many of us cringe at having to fork out to install the solar items […]
September 7, 2010
Why should you look at solar heating in the first place? Okay, so you aren’t that sure about it – here are the advantages of solar […]
September 6, 2010
What is Solar Water Heating? Solar hot water refers to the use of the sun’s energy to heat water for household and industrial use. Solar water […]
September 3, 2010
The link between water and carbon is one most people don’t appreciate. In considering the process of producing and using water, many people overlook the energy […]
September 3, 2010
South Africa’s first concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar demonstration plant of 60 kW is operational in the Western Cape, and supplying the daytime power requirements for the […]
August 29, 2010
Open air parking lots are great places to build solar power plants: — Parking lots are nearly always near a power grid connection. This cuts electricity […]
August 28, 2010
This is an example of solar water heating system with a vacuum tube collector (there are two main solar geyser collector types, the other one being […]
August 27, 2010
An 800 sq. ft. zero-energy house that is completely powered by the sun. A house that wakes you up, tells you how its doing and dresses […]
August 25, 2010
Humans have been using solar power for many years to heat up their water, light up their homes and for general low-voltage applainces. Solar power energy […]
August 22, 2010
Solar water heating is gaining popularity all over the world due to the many benefits it offers and because it is relatively inexpensive and easy to […]