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"The
Future of Energy is 'Net Zero
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Austin, Texas marketing@SolarEnergySystems.net "Changing the Way the World Makes and Uses Energy" SM
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"The
Future of Energy is 'Net Zero
Energy'
Austin, Texas marketing@SolarEnergySystems.net "Changing the Way the World Makes and Uses Energy" SM
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Solar Energy Systems
www.SolarEnergySystems.net
The Leader in Net Zero Energy Systems
What are Solar Energy Systems?
Solar Energy Systems can be either:
Rooftop PV power systems which generate electricity from solar photovoltaic panels
or
Solar Thermal Systems - which makes hot water from solar thermal collectors or evacuated tube collectors.
Combining the two systems together on the rooftop of a home or commercial building is referred to as "solar cogeneration" or "solar trigeneration."
"Changing the Way the World Makes and Uses Energy" SM
Austin, Texas
marketing@SolarEnergySystems.net
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Zero Energy sm
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"The Future of Energy is Net Zero Energy!" sm
Go Beyond Solar sm
Austin, Texas
Homeowners, Business Owners and Commercial Building Owners
Install our Net Zero Energy System
sm
and
Eliminate Your Electric and Natural Gas Expenses!
* Zero up-front
cost for most homeowners and businesses in California
* Replace the
"brown power" from central power plants and
generate your own clean power and renewable energy that
your home or business needs with our Net Zero Energy System
sm
* YOU OWN the Net Zero Energy System
sm from Day 1,
not some other company.
* This is NOT a "Solar
Lease" Scheme or a "Power Purchase Agreement."
* YOU own ALL of the benefits of YOUR Net Zero Energy System sm from Day 1, including;
Investment Tax Credit
Accelerated Depreciation
Free Power and Energy
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"Changing the Way the World Makes and Uses Energy" SM
Austin, Texas
marketing@SolarEnergySystems.net
What is "Net Zero Energy?"
Net Zero Energy - when applied to a home or commercial building, simply means that they generate as much power and energy as they consume, when measured on an annual basis.
The U.S. Army now has a Net Zero Energy initiative to help reduce/eliminate America's use of foreign oil - particularly oil from muslim/middle-east countries - which saves the lives of our brave soldiers in the military.
What does a Net Zero Energy
home or building look like?
Net Zero Energy homes and commercial buildings can look like any other residential home, hospital, school or commercial office building, they do NOT have to be ugly or modern in appearance to be Net Zero Energy!
And, your present home or commercial building can be updated to Net Zero Energy.
Net Zero Energy Market to Become $1.3 Trillion/year Industry by 2035
Net Zero Energy Buildings Are Coming - What About The Buildings Already Standing?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/justingerdes/2012/02/28/net-zero-energy-buildings-are-coming-what-about-the-buildings-already-standing/
What is a Net Zero Energy
Building
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A Net Zero Energy Building sm produces as much energy as it uses over the course of a year.
A Net Zero Energy Building sm is very energy efficient. The remaining low energy needs are typically met with on-site renewable energy.
First of all, understand that there is no such thing as a "zero energy building!" EVERY building uses energy, or you may as well be in a cave!
The important considerations are,
1. How efficient is the building?
2. How much energy does the building use, and how efficiently is it used?
3. How much renewable energy and clean power is generated by the buildings' own onsite renewable energy system?
4. What are the utility company's prices for the excess power generated and sent to the grid?
5. How difficult is it to interconnect the renewable energy system of the building with the utility company's powerlines/electric grid?
At the heart of a Net Zero Energy Building sm is the idea that any building can meet its energy requirements from low-cost, locally available, nonpolluting, renewable sources, like Solar Trigenerationsm Energy Systems. Solar Trigenerationsm Energy Systems are the idea whose time has come, to make Net Zero Energy Building sm commonplace.
Solar Trigenerationsm Energy Systems Provide All of the Cooling, Heating & Power, for Any Size Building, with only the Energy of the Sun. Solar Trigenerationsm Energy Systems Provide Simultaneous Cooling, Heating & Power whether it is 12 Noon, or 12 Midnight, and WITHOUT having to rely on the electric grid!
The Department of Energy developed the Commercial Building Initiative (CBI) and is pursuing the goal of marketable Net Zero Energy Building through research and partnerships.
The DOE's CBI has developed tools and resources to help the commercial buildings industry improve energy efficiency at various levels of energy savings.
What is a "Solar Cogeneration" (or Solar CHP) energy System?
A
Solar
Cogeneration (or simply "Solar
CHP") energy system combines a:
1. Solar
Electric Power System with a
2. Solar Water Heating System (which generates hot water with either solar thermal collectors or evacuated tube collectors)
for the best of both worlds.
Our Solar Cogeneration energy systems provides a significantly higher return on investment, along with higher overall system efficiencies.
What is a "Solar
Trigeneration" energy System?
A
Solar
Trigeneration energy system combines a:
1. Solar
Electric Power System with a
2. Solar Water Heating System (which generates hot water with either solar thermal collectors or evacuated tube collectors)
and takes a Solar Cogeneration energy system one further step by adding and integrating either;
3. Absorption Chillers or Adsorption Chillers, which receives some of the hot water from the Solar Water Heating System and provides the energy needed to make 38 degree chilled water for air-conditioning.
We install our Solar Trigenerationsm Energy Systems, for qualified commercial businesses, as well as cities, schools and government facilities with our Zero Up-front Cost program.
For some customers - based on their present location, utility company and electric rate - we are able to reduce their electric rate by 10%. Even more for other customers. Solar Trigenerationsm Energy System!
What are Solar
Thermal Systems?
Solar thermal systems collects heat energy from sunlight converting the sunlight into usable thermal (heat) energy.
Solar thermal systems are typically mounted on a south-facing roof, with no obstructions (trees, hills, buildings) that would cause shading over solar thermal systems, at any time of the day.
Solar thermal systems are classified as low-, medium-, and high-temperature collectors:
Low-temperature
collectors provide low-grade heat (less than 110 degrees Fahrenheit),
through either metallic or nonmetallic absorbers, and are used in such
applications as swimming pool heating and low-grade water and space heating.
Medium-temperature
collectors provide medium-grade heat (greater than 110 degrees Fahrenheit,
usually 140 degrees to 180 degrees Fahrenheit), either through glazed flat
plate collectors using air or liquid as the heat transfer
instrument, or concentrator collectors that concentrate the heat of incident
insolation to greater than "one sun" and are mainly used for
domestic hot water heating. Evacuated
tube collectors are also included in this category.
High-temperature
collectors are parabolic dish or trough collectors designed to operate at a
temperature of 180 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, and are primarily used by
utilities and independent power producers to generate electricity for the
grid.
The solar thermal systems performance rating is an analytically-derived set of numbers representing the characteristic all-day energy output of the solar thermal systems under standard rating conditions, measured in Btu per square foot per day (Btu/ft2/day).
In 2009, the average solar thermal systems performance rating for low-temperature solar thermal systems (metallic and nonmetallic) was 1,239 Btu/ft2/day, medium-temperature (air) was 971 Btu/ft2/day, medium-temperature (integral collector storage/thermosiphon) was 913 Btu/ft2/day, medium-temperature (flat plate collectors) was 981 Btu/ft2/day, medium-temperature (evacuated tube collectors) was 973 Btu/ft2/day, medium-temperature (concentrator) was 2,196 Btu/ft2/day, and high-temperature (parabolic dish/trough) was 1,262 Btu/ft2/day.
About us:
The founder of the Renewable Energy Institute (REI) was first involved in Net Zero Energy buildings and Solar Trigeneration sm energy system in 2001 - 2002. This started with family-owned real estate developments in Northern and Southern California. This interest was accelerated when REI's founder was introduced to the President of a solar company in Los Angeles and their client, the Audubon Nature Center at Deb's Park (Los Angeles) that was planning to build a new 5,000 sf office and conference center. Except, the new building for the Audubon Nature Center was about 1/2 mile from the end of the power lines and a very costly extension of the power lines to their new facility forced them to consider a solar solution. When the Audubon Nature Center's new 5,000 sf office and conference center was completed in 2003, the facility not only featured the Solar Trigeneration sm energy system - they were awarded one of the first Platinum LEED Awards by the USGBC - and the powerlines were still 1/2 mile away! To this day, 100% of the power and energy for the Audubon Nature Center's building is supplied by the Solar Trigeneration sm energy system - whether at 12 noon, or 12 midnite. (The Audubon's facility also includes a battery energy storage system for back-up power generated by the Rooftop PV panels as well as a thermal energy storage system that stores the excess hot water generated by the evacuated tube collectors).
These early projects led to more client inquiries and engagements with real estate developers, architects and building owners in Southern California, Louisiana and Texas and the advent of a growing Net Zero Energy industry along with Solar Cogeneration sm & Solar Trigeneration sm energy systems. This culminated in a family-owned 200 (Net Zero Energy) home real estate development in Desert Hot Springs which has been approved but not yet constructed.
During this time, the REI's Founder became a volunteer and Advisor to the University of Texas' Solar Decathlon Competition. He coordinated the donation of the same solar thermal system used at the Audubon Nature Center's facility in Los Angeles, for UT's entry in the 2002 Solar Decathlon Competition in Washington, D.C. UT's entry in the Solar Decathlon Competition placed 1st in the domestic hot water competition that year (2002) and 4th overall, out of 20 universities that had entered.
In 2006, after Hurricane Kattrina devastated New Orleans, the REI was formed and several of the REI's board members and a Professor from the University of Texas School of Architecture formed a design team to enter the Brad Pitt/Global Green Rebuild New Orleans Competition. Our entry also focused on sustainable building solutions and materials as well as the Net Zero Energy concepts, incorporating once again, a Solar Trigeneration sm energy system.
Today, the REI "Flagship" has chartered the Renewable Energy Institute in Florida, with discussions to open REI state chapters in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Minnesota and Oregon.
The REI supports greater use of Net Zero Energy systems by architects, builders, homeowners and owners of commercial buildings. This includes "upgrading" homes and commercial buildings to Net Zero Energy. The REI provides Net Zero Energy; advertising, business development, conferences, e-commerce, education, marketing, online marketing, public relations, renewable energy, sales and strategic marketing solutions for architects, builders, cities, colleges, HVAC contractors, Net Zero Energy developers, real estate developers and universities.
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Net Zero Energy Buildings Are Next Frontier
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/23361
Net Zero Energy
Market to Become $1.3 Trillion/year Industry by 2035
http://www.navigantresearch.com/newsroom/revenue-from-net-zero-energy-buildings-to-reach-1-3-trillion-by-2035
Net Zero Energy Buildings Are Coming - What About The Buildings Already Standing?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/justingerdes/2012/02/28/net-zero-energy-buildings-are-coming-what-about-the-buildings-already-standing/
American
Energy Plan sm
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3-5
million new jobs
Net Zero Energy
= Free Power
and Energy!
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According to R. James Woolsey, for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, “The basic insight is to realize that global warming, the geopolitics of oil, and warfare in the Persian Gulf are not separate problems — they are aspects of a single problem, the West’s dependence on oil."
We support the Renewable Energy Institute by donating a portion of our profits to the
Renewable Energy Institute
in their efforts to reduce fossil fuel use by transitioning to Renewable
Energy Technologies and reducing/eliminating Carbon
Emissions, Carbon
Dioxide Emissions and Greenhouse
Gas Emissions.
The Renewable Energy Institute
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by providing research & development, funding and resources that reduce the
cost of Renewable
Energy Technologies and
making a faster transition to Carbon Free
Energy, Clean
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Power."
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