Consumers

Producing Your Own Alternative Energy

The three most consumer ready alternative energy products are photovoltaics, which produce electricity from sunlight, and solar hot water heaters, which heat water with sunlight, and geothermal heating and cooling.

Photovoltaics

Solar Hot Water

Resources Related to Solar Hot Water Solar Hot Water for Homeowners A Consumer's Guide: Heat Your Water with the Sun

Articles Solar energy begins to gain a foothold in the Coastal Empire (2001) - by Gail Krueger, from the Savannah Morning News

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Geothermal Heating & Cooling

Resources Related to Gethermal Exchange Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium Geothermal Heat Pumps for Homeowners A Builders Guide to Geothermal from InterMountain Energy

Articles Roundhouse museum installs geothermal system (2005), from the Savannah Morning News Geothermal power: It's rock steady and your bill will be dirt cheap (2005), from the Savannah Morning News Pollution-free Heating and Cooling: Geothermal Heat Pumps, from the Twin Cities Green Guide

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