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.
Posts Tagged ‘The Hoots Group’
The power of the sun
Sunday, November 8th, 2009Welcome to our green project!
Sunday, March 15th, 2009Thanks to our great clients and visionary green real estate agent we are able to complete the first green renovation certified as LEED and EarthCraft in the Lake Claire neighborhood.
I am Matt Hoots of the Hoots Group- the green contractor on the project and will be posting updates on the green product that we are using.
Burke Sisco is the Ecobroker and green real estate advocate that introduced us to our sustainable clients and he will be posting updates as to the progress of the job.
We will introduce the other guests bloggers as the come on board.
