PV / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...PV solar roof blends in and looks like a standard metal roof covering. © Shift Energy Group Understanding building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) Unlike conventional rack-mounted solar arrays that sit on top of an existing roof surface, BIPV elements are designed into the actual structure of the home. The most commo...

...PV) glass Master net metering by combining PV solar, heat pumps and home batteries Roof mounted solar panels or solar trackers, which is best?  2026 energy efficiency grants and tax credits for home solar installations Sign up now and reap the benefits of a free Ecohome Network Membership!

...PV In brief Understanding plug and play storage The term plug and play refers to battery systems that can be commissioned by simply plugging them into a standard 120V wall outlet. Unlike a Tesla Powerwall or Enphase IQ Battery, which require a dedicated sub-panel and professional trade labor, these units act as a sma...

...PV coatings on windows The transition toward net-zero building has traditionally focused on rooftops, but energy-generating glass coatings are now turning the building envelope itself into a power plant. By integrating transparent photovoltaic (TPV) technology directly into windows and facades, homeowners and professio...

...PV home solar and the newest emerging home batttery technologies, suddenly some new opportunities open up to lower home energy bills. By allowing various systems to work together, we can now execute a comprehensive energy strategy that was impossible just a few decades ago. Today's heat pumps, PV solar, and home batter...

...PV efficiencies, panel materials and battery technology.  So far, there have been several encouraging green building trends of 2020 that caught our attention, notably an increase in PV solar panels on homes. The implications of what Azelio is doing could be quite significant, and in order to explain that properly requi...

...PV over existing rooftop solar panels, is that you don’t need to remove roof coverings in order to replace them, since BIPVs themselves offer weather proofing. That alone is a significant improvement over PV panels that always have a tendency to look like an add-on.  Roof top solar panel installation is functional but...

The Telsa solar roof tiles are in the news again. They now have solar panel shingle installations going in 8 states so far - with what's becoming competitive pricing. If news of these PV roof shingles is also news to you, check out our Tesla solar roof review from when it was first announced in 2016. What was missing b...