| In today's business and political climate, landlords are | | | | the flooring to heat the whole building. If this is the case |
| struggling to adhere to government and the demands | | | | with your buildings, you will be able to reduce your |
| of tenants. Searching for more environmentally | | | | heating bills significantly, if not entirely. |
| conscious ways to supply energy to your buildings can | | | | Solar heating tubes employ the latest green |
| present can be difficult. | | | | technology to make optimal use of the sun's rays. The |
| Wind power has been getting a lot of press lately and | | | | cylindrical shape of the receptors allows the receiving |
| is quickly becoming the green technology of choice in | | | | unit to absorb solar energy throughout the day, as the |
| many countries, but permit me to introduce you to | | | | sunlight will be striking the surface of the cylinder during |
| solar heating tubes: the other green energy source. | | | | all daylight hours, as opposed to flat solar panels, which |
| The sun is the most powerful source of natural energy | | | | need direct sunlight to work at optimal levels. Coupled |
| on the planet. Every day, 365 days per year The sun | | | | with the fact that the energy is then kept inside copper |
| gives us energy in the form of light and heat all year | | | | rods and the tubes are vacuum sealed, allowing hardly |
| long. Yet most of the energy it supplies goes unused, | | | | any of the energy to escape. So effective is this |
| while we continue to use polluting and rapidly | | | | insulation that the outside of the tubes may be cool |
| disappearing fossil fuels. The situation is only going to | | | | while inside the copper rods can reach over 300 |
| get worse for those who continue to rely on fossil | | | | degrees Fahrenheit. The introduction of these two |
| fuels, so the time to embrace an environmentally | | | | recent advances in solar technology enables landlords |
| favorable approach to supplying our energy needs is | | | | to use solar energy even in climates where it was |
| now, while many of the world's governments are | | | | once though to be impractical, including those with |
| prepared to help subsidize the costs. | | | | much cloudy weather and colder environments. If you |
| Employing solar heating tubes as an alternate form of | | | | are a landlord in New York solar energy is now a |
| green energy has many advantages, both to property | | | | practical alternative. |
| owners and tenants. Based on the amount of hot | | | | Solar heating tubes are one green energy system that |
| water is used in the building, the savings can be | | | | you would be a fool not to use. Employing the other |
| fantastic, even if solar power is only used to heat the | | | | green technology, the solar heating tube, won't just |
| building's water. Needless to say, different buildings will | | | | reduce your carbon footprint and help save the planet, |
| use different amounts of hot water, but very few | | | | it has the potential to leave a lot of added green in |
| buildings use no hot water at all, whether it's tenants | | | | your bank account. When you look at it that way, it's |
| taking baths, washing their clothes, washing dishes, or | | | | pretty hard to ignore the benefits of installing solar |
| even just washing their hands. Most homes also use | | | | heating tubes. |
| radiant heat, which use coils of heated water beneath | | | | |