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Home Services Portfolio Products Incentives FAQ Newsletters Events Links About Us Contact Us	Conservation Conservation, or energy efficiency, should be first on your agenda when considering renewable energy. Whidbey Sun & Wind can help you conserve by conducting an Energy Conservation Survey on your home. Energy efficiency is the most cost efficient way to save energy, cut down on greenhouse gasses, and live sustainably. In general, every $1 you spend on conservation will save you $3 -- $5 on the cost of a renewable energy system needed to produce that energy. See our conservation checklist for more information on conserving energy in your home today.

	Passive Solar Design Consider passive solar design to reduce heating and cooling costs. Space heating and cooling accounts for 50% of home energy use. A properly designed passive solar structure uses significantly less energy than one designed without attention to passive solar possibilities. We provide consultation on passive solar design for new buildings, remodels, and additions.

		Solar Hot Water Use the sun to heat your home, your pool, or both. Water heating accounts for 20% of home energy use. A solar water heater can provide up to 90% of your hot water. If you are connected to the electric grid, check with your power company about low-interest energy conservation loans for solar water heating systems. If you have a heated swimming pool, a solar pool heater can dramatically reduce your energy use. If you have an unheated pool, a solar pool heater can greatly extend your season of use. We sell and install top quality solar water heaters.

	Solar Power Systems Solar power modules, or photovoltaic (PV) panels, produce electricity from the sun. PV systems are currently the most costly form of renewable energy, but expense and efficiency are improving steadily. We design, sell, and install both grid-tied and stand-alone systems. The incentives for generating power with a grid-tied system are exceptional. You can sell power back to the grid for nearly 4 times what you pay for power now. A Site Assessment and Consultation from WSW will give you a realistic idea of your potential to generate electricity with the sun.

	Wind Power Systems Wind power is an excellent source of electricity if you have some space and a steady wind. New wind systems bear little resemblance to your grandparents' creaky old windmills. Tilt-up towers make erecting and servicing a wind turbine easy. New turbines are also very quiet. WSW can assess your wind potential and install a state-of-the-art wind system to meet your needs. As with PV systems, you can even generate power to sell to the utility company. A couple of caveats concerning wind systems... First, if you have less than an acre a wind system may take up too much of your space. Second, the tower has to be high enough so that the turbine blades are 30 feet above any obstacle within 500 feet.

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