At a time when going green is becoming more and more important for everyone’s individual pocketbook as well as the health of the planet, it’s refreshing to come across a company that is both cutting edge in its approach to being green, while having a heart for its customers and potential customers. Advapoint Solar is one such company.
In this Advapoint Solar review the first thing one sees when landing on Advapoint Solar’s website is the following Thomas Edison quote, stated in a conversation he had with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone in 1931:
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”
Even though Advapoint Solar’s website is still under development, it is rich with information. It makes the green-aware browser want to return, and return often. It has tons of information about solar energy with articulate and exceptionally easy-to-understand information about what solar panels are, how they’re made and how they’re installed. The site includes videos of a trek across the US, with interviews of people who are making a difference by using solar energy.
In one of the videos the comment is made that enough energy falls on the earth from the sun in an hour to run all of the power needs of the entire planet for a year. Facts like this inspire a person to want to contribute to making a solar-powered planet a reality.
Other videos are webisodes of the use of solar energy across the US from the east, to the midwest, to the west. These are entertaining short films with a wealth of information about how Americans are taking advantage of the solar power freely falling upon our little green home. The videos can be seen at: http://www.advapointsolar.com/videos/
The tremendous reduction in utility bills is underscored in interviews with regular folks who have installed solar panels. One woman said her electric bill went from $200 a month to $2 a month. As mentioned elsewhere on the Advapointsolar.com site, it is entirely possible for solar energy to generate enough power that the utility meter actually runs backwards, resulting in the electric company paying the homeowner for power.
On the Advapointsolar.com site it is pointed out that not only is the use of non-renewable fossil fuels wasteful, it’s also noisy, generates dust, toxins, harmful emissions, has solid waste that must be disposed of and wastes water in its production. 79 percent of the US carbon dioxide emissions come from petroleum and coal fuels. Solar panels, on the other hand, are passive and made from silicon, that is to say, sand. Solar energy has no waste products, and does not use non-renewable resources.
The Advapoint Solar site noted another fact – that when you pay the utility company for the power that comes through their utility lines, you’re actually renting power from the utility. But after installing solar panels you own this source of energy. The provocative question – why rent power when you can own it?
CNNmoney.com noted that “for every utility bill dollar saved because of an improvement, a homeowner gains $10 to $20 in property value.” A modest estimate of solar panels saving $1,200 in the first year improves the property value $12,000 to $24,000.
All that is but the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the potential pluses of a solar energy system. Many states and the federal government have rebates, tax deductions and manufacturer incentives to encourage people to go green with passive solar energy.
Here’s an example from the US Dept. of Energy when purchasing a solar electric system:
Federal Tax Credit: 30% of the cost – no upper limit, for existing homes & new construction, expires Dec, 31, 2016.
An Advapoint Solar review would not be complete without mentioning that they are completely apprised of all the rebates, tax deductions and manufacturer incentives. They offer a free comprehensive solar consultation to discuss your energy needs and review past electrical usage. They’ll provide an accurate estimate of how much solar power can reduce electrical costs in your particular case, how much the system will be to have installed and which incentive programs are available.