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 …
3 Best Practices for Home Filtration
Adding water filtration to a home is a serious project; if not spec’d and installed correctly, a filtration system can end up being a costly mistake instead of a solution to water problems. When going about the task of selecting equipment and installers for your own water filtration system, it’s good to keep in mind a few key things in …
What Exactly is Ultraviolet Sterilization?
There is more than just one way to sterilize water. You may think that one of those ways is simply to heat the water to the boiling point, thus removing all of the harmful pathogens and microbes, right? While boiling water does eliminate most harmful microbes, it is not very energy efficient and it doesn’t completely eliminate everything. In fact, …
Bottled Water vs Filtered Water from the Tap
By now, you’ve probably heard a lot about the wastefulness of drinking bottled water. There is good reason to believe that mass consumption of bottled water yields a huge amount of waste, and that doesn’t bode well for our landfills and recycling centers that are already operating at maximum capacities. In fact, in the United States alone, the production of …
Types of Water Contamination
Many of us take for granted the water that we consume on a daily basis. Whether we like to admit it or not, we live in a world that contains many harmful chemicals and substances that can turn ordinary drinking water into a serious health risk. While not all of us in the United States are prone to the same …
What Exactly is Hard Water?
To call water ‘hard’ might seem like a contradiction in terms, but the phrase ‘hard water’ refers to a specific kind of water that develops naturally. The reason you may have heard of hard water is because in many geographical locations, water comes from springs, rivers and other sources that include many layers of sediment. Some of this sediment may …
Carrollwood Day School’s annual 5th grade class tour of Solar Hydronics Corp
Solar Hydronics Corp (SHC) and The LeverEdge hosted their annual educational tour for the 5th grade class of Carrollwood Day School this week. The tour of Solar Hydronics Corp allowed the students an up-close opportunity to learn about how the sun’s energy can be harnessed for solar electricity, solar hot water, solar pool heating, and solar attic fans for cooling. …
An Educational Visit for Carrollwood Day School
Recently, Solar Hydronics Corp (SHC) and The LeverEdge hosted an educational tour for the 5th grade class of Carrollwood Day School. The 5th graders are currently discussing the idea of recognizing a need and turning a solution for that need into an invention. Pertaining to that discussion, Rick Sims, National Sales Manager for SHC, recounted the history of harnessing solar …
Extension of tax credit brightens solar future!
Congress has voted to extend a key tax credit that has fueled the solar industry’s growth over the last decade. The five-year extension of the federal tax credit currently saves consumers and companies that install new solar energy systems the equivalent of 30 percent of their investment. If Congress hadn’t agreed to the extension, the tax credit would have ended …
Incentive Vacation 2015 – Boothbay Harbor, Maine
The 2015 LeverEdge / ISPC Incentive Trip was hosted in Boothbay Harbor, Maine from July 8th through July 13th. Lobster eating, polar plunging, golfing, whale watching, and general relaxing were enjoyed by all! 35 awards were presented during the Awards Banquet to honor the highest-ranking and otherwise exceptional dealers. Breaking tradition from the usual video announcement, the presentation to announce …