Residential Solar Power Blog

This house is beyond cool. Those in Southern California should swing by the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles to tour a solar home nonpareil.

Known as the CHIP house, for “Compact, Hyper-Insulated Prototype Solar House,” the home was designed and built by students of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). …continue reading Picture This: Powering Up Your Trippy-Looking Solar House with Xbox

Here’s a sweet little gem from our friends at Ecopreneurist:

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When it comes to sheer number of solar installations, Arizona comes in third among states, following California and New Jersey.

Until last December, Arizona’s incentive programs were among the best in the nation, with public utilities offering generous per-watt rebates in addition to a state rebate. …continue reading With Incentives Cut, is Going Solar in Arizona Still Worth it?