Traditional water heaters typically rely on a gas-fueled method of combustion that burns a non-renewable resource (natural gas) in exchange for thermal energy (heat) being applied to your water. In colder climates, these systems are seen as a necessity because current technology only allows water to be heated by the sun down to a certain temperature threshold. However, sunnier geographical …
3 Facts about UV Sterilization
You may have heard of more than one way to sterilize water. There are additives, filters, ionizers and all different manners of treatment methods that come with their own advantages and disadvantages. With UV water sterilization, however, there are only advantages. To explain, we offer 3 facts relevant to UV water sterilization. Fact #1: UV water treatment is …
Solar Pool Heating Versus Traditionally Heated Pools
When it comes to the comfort afforded by your pool, having heated water to swim in is a luxurious, highly sought-after way to enhance an existing investment in a quality recreational swimming area for your family. Depending on the method used to heat an average sized, residential swimming pool, you could be spending as much as $10 an hour to …
What Makes a Great Water Filter?
You may not have given much thought to how a well-constructed and well-engineered water filter can change the quality of your life. However, human beings literally rely on water to survive, so it stands to reason that the best drinking water for regular consumption should be as clean and optimal for human health as possible. When looking at the best …
Is Solar Water Heating Right for Me?
When we consider the various ways that we can harness energy from the sun, there are two principle methods that most all collection efforts fall into: thermal energy collection and photovoltaic energy collection. Thermal collection refers to capturing heat from sunlight, not necessarily electricity. Photovoltaic (also known simply as PV) energy collection involves using sunlight to charge ions in a …
The Top 3 Problems with Hard Water
If you live in an area that supplies hard water to your home or business, then you might be thinking, “What’s the big deal, anyway? If I choose not to use the water for some certain activities, what’s the problem?”. The truth is that there are more issues with hard water than just the ones that seem obvious. So, in …
Purified Air – Can It Make You Healthier?
Have you thought much about how the quality of the air in your home is either adding to or taking away from your overall health? Did you know experts say that indoor air can be 2-5 times more unhealthy than the worst outdoor air? More and more people are looking to the quality of the air in their homes as something …
How Can the Sun Help You Take a Shower?
There are few things in life as satisfying as a nice, hot shower. When we think about domestic water systems, we typically think about a plumbing network that serves the entire home, all connected to a centrally-located hot water heater that is constantly working to keep hot water available at all hours of the day. Heating hot water for domestic …
Does Filtered Water Taste Better?
Imagine that there are two glasses of water sitting in front of you. They are equally as clear and apparently devoid of contaminants. At first glance, these two glasses of water are completely identical in every way except for one: the taste. One of the glasses contains filtered water, whereas the other glass contains water from a public source and has …
Importance of Renewable Cleaning Products
Did you know that the average American throws away 185 pounds of plastic every year? We don’t really think about how much plastic products we use on a day-to-day basis, because the material is so pervasive in our society. What’s more, because plastic doesn’t biodegrade like plant-derived materials, cleaning products and the packaging they ship in deserve to be viewed …