In today’s economic and political climate, landlords are struggling to comply with government regulations and the demands of tenants. Getting hold of more environmentally conscious ways to heat our buildings can be a big challenge.

There has been a lot of talk recently about the many benefits of wind technology, but you may not know about solar heating tubes: the other green energy source. The sun is the most powerful source of natural energy on the planet. Every day, 365 days per year in most environs, the sun gives us several hours of energy in the form of light and heat. Unfortunately most of the energy it supplies goes unused, while instead we use carbon fuels, which are quickly running out, and only becoming more and more expensive. The situation is only going to get worse for those who continue to use fossil fuels, and the time to embrace an environmentally favorable approach to supplying our energy needs is now, while the governments of many states and countries are prepared to help subsidize the costs.

Using solar heating tubes as an alternate form of green energy offers several benefits, both to property owners and tenants. Even if solar energy is only used to heat the buildings water the savings can be huge, depending on the buildings hot water consumption. Naturally, buildings with differing purposes use different volumes of warm water, but hot water is used in one fashion or another in almost every building, whether it’s tenants taking showers, washing their clothes, washing dishes, or any of a number of other uses. Numerous homes also employ radiant heat, using coils of hot water underneath the flooring to heat the rooms. If your buildings are heated in this way, you will be able to take even greater advantage of the energy cost savings by cutting deep into your oil, gas, and electrical use to heat your buildings.

In places like New York solar energy has always been regarded as ineffective as the weather is changeable and there is often not enough direct sunlight for solar panels to be effective. Solar heating tubes, on the other hand, work differently and are able to capture much more sunlight. The shape of the solar heating tubes allows the receiving unit to collect the sun’s energy throughout the day, because the sun’s rays will reach the surface of the cylinder from virtually any angle, as opposed to flat solar panels, which require direct sunlight to work effectively. Coupled with the fact that the energy is then kept inside copper rods and surrounded by a vacuum-sealed tube, allowing hardly any of the energy to escape. So effective is this insulation that the outsides of the tubes will remain cool to the touch even though inside the copper rods can reach well over 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The introduction of these two recent advances in solar technology enables property owners to make use of solar power even in climates where it was once though to be impractical, such as those with much cloudy weather and colder environments. If you are a landlord in New York green energy is now within your grasp.

Solar heating tubes are one green energy system that you will want to use. Employing the other green technology, the solar heating tube, won’t just reduce your carbon footprint and help save the planet, but it also saves you a lot of money in the long run. When you put those two things together, it’s awfully difficult to think of a good reason not to use solar heating tubes.

Craig Axelrod is a partner for Emmy Energy, a NY solar energy system operation installing solar heating tube systems solar pv systems & clean energy products throughout the North East.

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