Solar Heating Tubes: The Other Green Energy

In today’s economic and political environment, intelligent landlords are seeking new ways to adhere to government and tenant demands. Getting hold of more environment friendly ways to supply energy to your buildings presents a challenge.

You will no doubt have heard about the many benefits of wind energy, but permit me to introduce you to solar heating tubes: the other green energy source. There is no better, or more untapped, source of green energy than the sun. Every day, 365 days per year The sun gives us energy in the form of light and heat all year long. However most of the energy it supplies goes to waste, while instead we burn carbon fuels, which are quickly being depleted, becoming more expensive and pollute the atmosphere. The situation will only get worse for those who continue to depend on fossil fuels, and it’s time to switch to using green energy, while the governments of many states and countries are offering to subsidize the costs.

Using solar heating tubes to produce green energy delivers many advantages, both to landlords and tenants. Even if solar energy is only used to heat the buildings water the savings can be fantastic, depending on how much warm water the building uses. Naturally, different types of building will use vastly different quantities of warm water, but very few buildings use no hot water at all, whether it is for tenants taking showers, doing their laundry, washing dishes, or using warm water for general cleaning purposes. Lots of buildings also use central heating systems, using coils of hot water beneath the flooring to heat the whole building. If your buildings are heated in this way, you will be able to save a lot of money by reducing the amount of oil, gas or electricity you use to heat your buildings.

Solar heating tubes employ the latest green technology to make optimal use of the sun’s rays. The solar heating tubes can be positioned in such a way that they can absorb the sun’s energy during all daylight hours, as they have a larger surface area than conventional solar panels, which only produce power when the sun is shining directly onto their flat surface. The energy collected is then kept inside copper rods inside of a vacuum sealed tube, providing perfect insulation and allowing hardly any of the energy to escape. The tubes are so well insulated that the surface of the tubes can be relatively cool while the temperature of the rods storing the solar power can reach over three hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The combination of these two design elements enables property owners to use solar power in climates where it was once though to be impractical, like those with much cloudy weather and colder climates. If you are a landlord in New York solar energy is now within your grasp.

This is one green technology that you are going to want to make use of. Installing solar heating tubes won’t just reduce your carbon footprint and protect the o-zone, it saves you a lot of money in the long run. When you put those two things together, it’s very hard to ignore the benefits of installing solar heating tubes.

Craig Axelrod is a principal for EmmyEnergy.com, a New York solar energy operation delivering solar heating tubes solar pv systems & clean systems throughout the Northeast.