The increasing demand for cleaner, greener sources of energy is definitely changing the way people live today. Energy has become an essential part of human life as it touches many aspects of the way humans live today. Imagine a day without any form of energy. That means no Internet, air conditioner, television, transportation, hot water, heat for cooking, and more. If this situation were to happen, production and manufacturing companies would undoubtedly be crippled. For this reason, researchers Read more..

Solar thermal panels generate heat for your home and hot water and are not to be confused with PV systems, which exclusively provide free electricity. How thermal solar water heating works Solar water heating works by collecting heat from the sun using solar panels or collectors fitted to the roof of a home. The heat from the sun is used to heat water stored in a hot water cylinder. In the UK, it is common for boilers or immersion heaters to be used to provide backup warm water or to further heat Read more..

If you have an air conditioning system in your house, you must know some important things about its maintenance. The air filter is the most essential component of any air conditioning device. Cleaning it on a regular basis or replacing it regularly is an easy task, but most people don’t give it as much importance as they should. The air quality in your house depends on the condition of your AC’s air filter. Image attributed to Wikimedia Commons: Sancho85 Why Is It So Important? When Read more..

Technology is one of the wonders of human society. It is the result of the mind of the humans at work. It is those things which make our lives easy and comfortable. The concept of technology has been present from ancient times, but then it was of different forms. One of the best ancient technologies was the wheel. It was a circular object which rotates on an axial bearing. It is the thing which revolutionized human travel. Some other great inventions of the ancient times were the Weighing Scales, Read more..

This is a bit of a technical area in the solar world, and the 2 terms are often mixed up. Here's a quick overview of what they mean, and why you should care! Silicon crystals are used for the majority of the solar 'photo-voltaic' panels you will come across. Monocrystalline (been around since the 1950's) is a type of silicon crystal based solar cell that uses a grown crystal cylinder which is then sliced up very thinly to produce the individual cells. As an example, there may be 36 of these individual Read more..