Step #1: INCREASE YOUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH PROVEN MONEY SAVING ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY!
Before you begin to “size” a solar system for your existing home, Texas Solar Power Company recommends that you implement several energy management and conservation techniques in order to reduce your overall need for energy:
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Change all incandescent and halogen light sources to LEDs. Local Retailers are a great source for these indoor or outdoor lamps and fixtures. Most LEDs will fit into existing lamp sockets. This will result in double savings – fewer watts used to light a space AND less A/C used to cool down the air around those little heat lamps!
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Wherever possible, add additional insulation to your attic walls and floors. Use pipe insulation on heated water pipes. Insulate your hot water heater.
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Add shading devices and/or solar screens to your east, south, and west-facing windows. However, during winter months, you may want to take off the south-facing screens in order to gain solar heat.
- If you have old appliances, consider upgrading. Today’s appliances are much more energy efficient than those made as few as 5 years ago. We highly recommend that you purchase only Energy Star rated appliances and air conditioning equipment.
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Use heat pumps, central heating, solar water heating, and for your clothes dryer, dry your clothes via solar (clothesline). Once you use your phone to access your solar system’s web-based dashboard and monitor how much a clothes dryer uses you may find it more cost effective for small loads.
- Many people are using their EV's as a solar backup system, and dedicated energy storage is also coming down in price to be more cost effective and a good investment. TSXPC has installed many EV charging stations so contact us to see if this would good of a solution for you.