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If China's addicted to solar hot water heating, the city of Dezhou is it's dealer (and one of it's biggest customers). A new video from Greenpeace, above, highlights the build-up of solar among residents and as an industry. Some facts from this shining example: Of the city's 5.5 million residents, almost all living in the new town use solar heating, and about 90 percent of homes in the old town have solar heating. In 2007, 800,000 people had jobs in the solar panel industry, or about one in three people of working age in the city. That figure is expected to grow to 150,000 by 2020. No wonder: Dezhou is home to the world's biggest solar water heater manufacturer. And compared with an electric heater, a solar heater in Dezhou, which starts at about US$190, pays for itself in five and a half years. The numbers in Western countries, by comparison, make us want to shield our eyes.

Hawaii has become the first state to require solar water heaters in new homes. The bill was signed into law by Governor Linda Lingle, a Republican. It requires the energy-saving systems in homes starting in 2010. It prohibits issuing building permits for single-family homes that do not have solar water heaters. Hawaii relies on imported fossil fuels more than any other state, with about 90 percent of its energy sources coming from foreign countries, according to state data.

What type of home heater system is best and most efficient?

What type of home heater system is best and most efficient?

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A solar water heater can save around $450 in a year and can keep tons of CO2 emissions out of the air. If that is multiplied by 80 millions houses in the U.S., just imagine how clean we can keep our environment.

Heliodyne 75 liters direct vent gas water heater runs only on natural gas, not on propane or kerosene. The product has been designed in such a way that it has to be installed in certain places where atmospheric units cannot be used.

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2009 brings some new incentives for homeowners to adopt energy efficiency from both state and federal sources. The Wall Street Journal reported last week on several of these, including new provisions for tax credits in solar, small wind, and biomass stoves (those burning wood pellets or corn). In addition, this year, both solar and wind residential tax credits can be claimed against the alternative minimum tax. Improvements to weatherize your home could also qualify for an energy efficiency tax credit of up to $500. There are also new credits for upgrading your furnace, boilers, heat pumps, and water heaters. Read more at WSJ.com: http://tinyurl.com/93n535 Link to original post

Cranking up the heater or throwing on an extra sweater are two ways to cope with a drafty house that allows chilly air to seep in through cracks, doors and windows. eeting of Passive House California organization, free and open to the public: When the sun blazes in the summer, that same house warms up rapidly, prompting people who live there to close the shades or drapes, pour an icy beverage and possibly flip on an air-circulating fan.