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Keeping up with the changes in the rental market Can be difficult. As we all know, there are just two ways to stay ahead in the property game. One is to boost your earnings, which usually means increasing the rent; the other is to lower your operating costs. In this competitive business, raising your tenants’ rent would probably cost you more money than you would make, causing your tenants to look elsewhere. With the market being what it is, they would have little difficulty finding landlords that are willing to reduce their rental rates. As a result, if you want to stay ahead, the best thing to do is to cut your expenses. Solar heating tubes reduce heating costs, lowering one of the bigger bills that you are likely to face, and do so for less than you might think.

Whether you own residential, commercial or industrial buildings, your tenants will use hot water. Providing hot water for your building is probably one of your biggest expenditures. If you want to cut your costs this would be a great place to begin. Installing solar heating tubes will help you reduce heating costs by heating some of your building’s water for free using just natural sunlight. Whatsmore, solar heating tubes are much more efficient than other solar power systems and will function whatever the weather.

Solar heating tubes are cylinder shaped tubes which take in sunlight and capture its energy in the form of heat. This cylindrical shape makes them more efficient than solar panels. Some of the tubes’ surface is continuously in contact with the sun allowing them to soak up energy all day long, whereas solar panels require direct sunlight to function.

Heat from the sun is absorbed by the tubes and stored internally by an inner tube of liquid. That liquid super-heats to 170 degrees Fahrenheit and is then introduced to your heating system. Put simply, this means that your solar heating tubes will be able to efficiently do the job they were intended to do, namely heat your building’s water. You could also reduce heating expenses by using the heated water to heat the entire building.

The bottom line is that solar heating tubes reduce heating costs. If you can reduce your costs and subsequently lower your rent, this will give you an edge over your competition. With most of the civilized world calling for people to switch to renewable energy, you should seriously consider installing solar heating tubes as a way to cut down your carbon emissions and reduce heating expenses. Look into government programs that may defer some of the costs involved in installing solar heating tubes and other eco-friendly sources of energy production.

Of all of the benefits, perhaps the best reason to install solar heating tubes is so that your tenants will feel that you are doing everything possible to keep their carbon emissions and energy costs down. You may even find, should you be advertising for new tenants, that tenants are willing to pay more to rent buildings that will save them money in the long run and help the environment.

Craig Axelrod is a principal for EmmyEnergy.com, a New York solar energy company offering solar heating tube systems solar electric systems & green systems in the Northeast.