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In today’s business and political environment, smart building owners are seeking new ways to adhere to government and tenant demands. Searching for more environment friendly ways of supplying energy to our buildings presents can be difficult.

You will have heard about the many benefits of wind energy, but you may not know about solar heating tubes: the other green energy source. There is no better, or more untapped, source of renewable energy than the sun. Every day, 365 days per year in most environments, the sun gives us several hours of ambient heat. Yet most of this energy goes to waste, while instead we burn carbon fuels, which are rapidly being depleted, and only becoming more and more expensive. Things will only get worse if we continue to rely on fossil fuels, so the time to embrace an environmentally favorable approach to supplying our energy needs is now, while many world governments are offering financial incentives.

Employing solar heating tubes to produce green energy provides several advantages, both to landlords and their tenants. Even if solar power is only used to heat the buildings water the savings can be enormous, depending on the buildings hot water consumption. Naturally, different buildings will use different quantities of warm water, but hot water is used for one reason or another in nearly every building, whether it’s tenants taking showers, doing laundry, washing dishes, or using warm water for general cleaning purposes. A lot of homes also employ radiant heat, which use coils of hot water beneath the flooring to heat the rooms. If your buildings are heated this way, you will be able to take even greater advantage of the energy cost savings by reducing the amount of oil, gas or electricity you use for heating your buildings.

In places like New York solar energy has always been regarded as ineffective as the weather is changeable and there is often not enough direct sunlight for solar panels to be effective. Solar heating tubes, on the other hand, work differently and are able to capture much more sunlight. The solar heating tubes can be positioned in such a way that they can collect solar energy during all daylight hours, as they have a larger surface area than conventional solar panels, which only receive optimal solar power when the sun shines directly on their flat surface. Coupled with the fact that the energy is then kept in copper rods and the tubes are vacuum-sealed, allowing hardly any of the energy to escape. So little, in fact, that the surface of the tubes remain cool to the touch even while the copper rods inside can be more than 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The introduction of these two factors makes it possible for landlords to utilize solar energy in colder climates. If you are a landlord in New York solar energy is now a practical alternative.

This really is one green energy system that you would be a fool not to take advantage of. Employing the alternative green technology, the solar heating tube, won’t just reduce your carbon footprint and help save the planet, but it also saves you a lot of money in the long run. When you look at it that way, it’s very difficult to come up with a good reason not to use solar heating tubes.

Craig Axelrod is VP of Business Development for Emmy Energy, a New York solar energy operation delivering solar heating tubes solar electric panels & green products in the North East.

For every landlord energy costs are a concern, but there is a way to cut your energy needs and attract responsible tenants. By using the latest green technology, you can reduce the amount of fuel or electricity you use to heat your property. One of the best ways to achieve this is with solar heating tubes. Whether you are a commercial landlord or a residential landlord solar energy will help you attract an emerging clientele who are concerned about their ecological impact, either for practical or ideological reasons. As government regulations regarding energy consumption tighten, businesses are under increasing pressure to use facilities which reduce emissions as much as possible. Residential tenants are also becoming interested in homes which take advantage of alternative energy sources.

What Rewards Will Solar Heating Tubes Offer?

The extent of the benefits you can receive by installing solar heating tubes depends largely on what kind of heating system your building uses. The majority of buildings will be able to receive the advantages of using the solar heating tubes to heat your building’s water. Landlords with properties that make use of radiant heat could further benefit by using the solar heating tubes to heat the building itself. Either way, the savings can be quite huge, particularly over an extended period of time.

Solar heating tubes help you cut your heating costs even if your building is in a colder environment, or one that receives fewer days of direct sunshine. The cylindrical tubes are a fairly recent development, and represent a a new take on the flat solar panels which have been with us for fifty years. The round shape of the tubes means that they can be positioned in such a way that they are in continual contact with available sunlight, thus making best use of what solar energy is available. Additionally, vacuum tubes are used to ensure optimal insulation, making sure that hardly any of the collected energy is lost before being used for heating purposes within your building. The less energy is lost the less you have to rely on electricity or gas, which in the end affects your bottom line by cutting your heating expenses.

Spend Today, Save Tomorrow

Even though solar technology is nothing new, and environmentally aware clients have long encouraged building owners to find energy efficient, renewable sources for providing heat and electricity, the means to do so has now been developed. If you want to cut your energy bills and attract environmentally friendly tenants, you should strongly consider installing the newest solar heating tubes as soon as you can. With so many of the world’s governments now on board with renewable energy programs, and most of them giving big incentives for landlords green energy not only makes ethical and environmental sense, but financial sense too. Why wait?

Despite the fact that installing solar heating tubes can save you money, and despite the fact that using green energy will help you attract a new sort of tenant, it is also the right thing to do. Every step away from fossil fuels not only save you money, but help save the environment for all of us; and that, simply put, is just the right thing to do.

Craig Axelrod is VP of Business Development for Emmy Energy, a NY solar energy operation installing solar heating tubes solar power systems & clean products throughout the Northeast.