We were keen on capturing the sun’s energy to heat our water when the system was hooked up back in late May, but we didn’t know the true effects of the system until the heavy rains in GA last month. It was at that time after about the 5th day in a row with no sun that we noticed our water was not as hot as it once was. It continued to get even cooler over the next day or so, and it was at that time that we realized that our backup electric water heater was not working and had not been working since it was installed with the rest of the system in late May. While it took a day or two to get the new thermostat to fix the water heater, we were more interested in the fact that we were able to heat our water with just the sun from late May to mid-September with no help from the power grid.
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Hoots Group Blog- Design tools for renovations and additions at SawHorse August 17, 2010Can’t quite envision what your project is going to look like? There are many different tools out there that go beyond the 2D architecture plans that can help you get a better idea about what you project is going to look like. Here is a computer generated rendering of a kitchen that our renovation team [...]Greenlanta
- A. Water Conservation in Atlanta August 16, 2010Q. What is the best way to address future droughts in the city of Atlanta? Feel like you are on Jeopardy? The answer is simple enough that it could be on “are you smarter than a 5th grader!” We are still having an war between the states, however they are all below the Mason Dixie [...]Greenlanta
- Great News about renewable energy in GA! July 23, 2010One of our manufacturers just gave us this message about tax credits here in GA: State Tax Credits: Just learned that Perdue sign a bill that now allows the applications for the Clean Energy Property Tax Credit to roll over to the following year if current year funds are exhausted. Although the 2010 tax credits [...]shelbyremer08
- SawHorse and “green” helps sell homes! July 14, 2010Here is an article that Jerome Quinn and Matt Hoots of The Hoots Group/ SawHorse contributed to for the monthly NARI publication. Basically, you are able to use our name to help sell your home if we worked on it. Not only do we build and renovate homes that sell for more and faster according [...]Greenlanta
- Home Performance in Atlanta- Paper/ Scissors/ Rock style June 8, 2010As a home performance contractor, it is great to see the concept become more popular and almost to the point of becoming a commodity. When we first started offering Home Performance with Energy Star services over 6 years ago, we had to explain what home performance meant, not everyone else is doing that for us. [...]Greenlanta
- Design tools for renovations and additions at SawHorse August 17, 2010