OzGirl
10-04-2009, 11:32 AM
We went to see a solar/green house in Berkeley Springs, the guys from the Solar & Wind Company are an awsome group of guys. The 1800 sqft house had solar hot water, solar PV (which runs parts of the house and can get your electrical meter running backwards) as well as a wind turbine.
Anyhow we got a whole lot of good information, and one of the easiest places to start going Solar is with a Solar Hot Water Heater. Currently the Feds give you a credit for 30% of cost (no limit) and WV is giving up to 2K in credits - which could essentially get you started for around 4K investment (after credits). There are also these other energy type credits that can work into a positive cash flow - WV is actually ahead of VA in regards to energy credits which was spearheaded by this company.
MY MAIN POINT - if we have enough interest these guys would come and give a presentation on what can be done in the solar & wind turbine arena, as it applies to our homes, they have costs analysis done and are truley genuine in their environmental persuit.
SO WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED!
On a side note the Habitat house being built this week in M'burg (which my hubby does every year) will have a solar hot water system installed in it :-)
Anyhow we got a whole lot of good information, and one of the easiest places to start going Solar is with a Solar Hot Water Heater. Currently the Feds give you a credit for 30% of cost (no limit) and WV is giving up to 2K in credits - which could essentially get you started for around 4K investment (after credits). There are also these other energy type credits that can work into a positive cash flow - WV is actually ahead of VA in regards to energy credits which was spearheaded by this company.
MY MAIN POINT - if we have enough interest these guys would come and give a presentation on what can be done in the solar & wind turbine arena, as it applies to our homes, they have costs analysis done and are truley genuine in their environmental persuit.
SO WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED!
On a side note the Habitat house being built this week in M'burg (which my hubby does every year) will have a solar hot water system installed in it :-)