How?
A new rule in Florida allows utility
customers to connect solar systems to
the electric power grid. On days
when a solar system generates more power
than the home owner uses, it feeds the
excess power back into local utility lines
for others to buy. This new system, called
net-metering, makes the customer's
electric meter run backward,
resulting in substantial savings on their
monthly utility bill.
Solar has always been good for the environment.
Now you know it's also good for your wallet.
With home owners looking to reduce energy
use and increase equity value on their
homes, solar energy is the responsible
and easily affordable choice.
And once installed, you own your own utility
provider!
ECS can help. We have been in North Central
Florida's first choice for solar contracting
since 1977. We have the expertise and
experience you can trust. Contact us today. |
ECS,
local builder cited for home energy advances
Tom
Lane, president of Energy Conservation
Services (ECS) of North Florida, Inc.,
has been recognized by the Southeastern
Builders Association for pioneering the
use of advanced solar power technology
in home energy use.
ECS
installed the solar equipment in a prototype
solar-power home built in Gainesville's
Granite Parke subdivision by Allen Stine,
who owns All America Homes. The home,
the first of its type in Alachua County,
received the association's prestigious
Aurora Award for aesthetic appeal and
overall technological advances in solar
energy construction.
The home's Shell Solar power system, mad
by one of Shell Oil Co.'s renewable energy
divisions, connects to the utility grid,
allowing the homeowner to sell any extra
electricity back to the local utility
company.
Pictured above, Stine (right) received
the Aurora Award with Lane (center) and
Steve Gorman of Shell Solar at the group's
recent annual conference.
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