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Roger Phelps
(Alternative Energy Engineer)
Helps Large
Businesses to "Go Green"
I
am an engineer who works to help corporations go green by
converting them to solar
and wind energy. |
Because I am
an engineer in the field of alternative energy people often ask me how
they can learn to convert their homes to utilize more efficient types
of alternate energy. It is not an easy question to answer.
There is a large quantity of information and products out there
and some are better than others. Also, it depends on what a
homeowner is looking to do to enable his home to "go green".
There are hunderds of products on the market today
that teach you how
to convert your home to solar or wind power but many of these are not
very good. And because is very expensive to purchase the solar
power equipment and hire a professional to install it many
do-it-yourselfers are turning toward the idea of building their own
solar and wind power to generate their home's electricity.
Homeowners need more than
a book that tells them how to convert to
alternative power. They also need an very informative guide to
show them how to build their own solar panels and wind turbines and how
to connect it all together and make it work.
With a do-it-yourself go
green package you can not only reduce your
monthly power bill, but you might even be able to eliminate it
completely. If you do things the right way, you may even be able
to get money from the power company when you have an excess of power
that they redirect to other electric users on your power grid.
Don't waste your money
and run the risk of creating problems for
yourself. Choose the right product with the right learning
tools. It is important to choose the right tools so that when all
is said and done, and your alternative power is functioning well your
property values will raise significantly. If you make a poor
choice the value of your home may decrease due to having all the right
intentions but in non-working order.
In order to help you make
the best decision regarding do-it-yourself
solar and wind power products, I have evaluated many packages. I
have rated them on several levels and narrowed it down to the top five
picks for any diy-er. These kits have been rated on the following
criteria:
- The amount of Green
Power that can be generated from one
system
- How well the guides are laid out and how easy they
are to
build
- Higher ratings were given to those kits that were
easiest
to understand and had the best instructional blueprints and/videos
- High points were also given to those kits that had
supplies
that were easily available... mostly at your local hardware
store. Some packages had parts that I couldn't even locate.
- Those diy kits that had good value for the money and
had low costs were
given
high points. Let's face it, the main reason people want to turn
to alternative power themselves is to save money.
- How long the project took to complete from beginning
to end
was also evaluated. The quicker the home was updated to solar or
wind power and was actually running on this power was rated.
- Lastly, the overall
performance of the entire package
was
rated
To follow you will find
our ratings
for the top
five products that can
teach you how to go green.
With each of our evaluations we did
take the
time to build each component that the book/video suggested, and in the
process we converted a home.
I have many friends who
have been bugging
me to help them go green. Over a two month period of time (working on
the weekends), that's exactly what I did. They paid for the parts and
put in most of the work, I
paid for the learning materials and helped them along the way.
The clear winner from our
evaluations was Earth 4
Energy,
but the other four products that made the top five didn't fair too
badly either. My recommendations are clearly laid out below, but if you
do need any help choosing a package, don't hesitate to email me
(roger.phelps AT CarriageSquare.ws) and I will answer any questions
that you
may have.
Once you have your home
running on green power, please do let me know
(email above). I enjoy hearing stories from others who have worked to
choose the environmentally friendly route to power their
homes.
To saving money and the
environment,
Roger Phelps
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#1
Rated Alternative Energy
Site for 2009
The clear winner from
our evaluations was Earth 4 Energy. This learning
package is developed by Michael Harvey, and it is the most well put
together green package that we tested.
When you buy Earth
4 Energy you will immediately be able to download
the packaged. Included is the manual (about 300 pages), plans,
blueprints, and how-to videos that make learning this one simple.
The focus of this
package is on converting your home to both wind and
solar power. Most importantly Michael focuses on how to do it for very
little cost. All of the parts that Michael recommends will be available
locally (they were for us), and most of the pieces we needed came from
our hardware store.
Michael also gives
you recommendations on how to get
deep-cycle batteries for free. Generating power is one thing, but
storing it is also important. With
our free batteries, lower cost of parts, and the learning material, we
were able to do an entire home conversion without a huge outlay of
cash.
This package laid
out everything for us from how to build a single
solar panel to how to create a grid of batteries to store that power.
Best of all, when
we finished the conversion, the power generated by
the system was enough that we were feeding power back to the power
company, even during peak usage times.
For being the most
complete package, that also worked better than the
others we tested, we are giving this one the
best-green-learning-package award:
Update:
Right now Earth for Energy is being
offered for the limited time price of $49.97. I've been told that this
offer won't last long, and that soon the price will go back to it's
original $89.97. If you're going to take our recommendations, now is
the time to buy this one (save yourself $40).
In
Summary: For clearly
laid out material, the lowest cost of building, and the best power
generation we are recommending Earth 4 Energy as our top
pick. No
other package we tested made going green so simple.
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Where to go from
here? Use the link below to to start
learning about going solar with our top pick, and please feel
free
to contact me at the above address if you have any questions.
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