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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.