Sun. wind. biomass. Reducing your energy costs? Or want to be completely energy self-sufficient? We can help.
Your home demands two basic forms of energy: electricity and heat. Heat in turn, is provided in two forms: hot water and space heating. And for each, renewable alternatives to conventional sources are available.
We have overseen the incorporation of photovoltaics, wind turbines, solar hot water systems, masonry heaters and biodiesel fueled boilers in to many of our new construction projects. In most cases, the energy contribution from these alternative systems was sufficient to dramatically reduce the owners electrical and heating fuel bills. In some instances, these systems combined together with excellent design and our ordinary building practices allowed the owners to be completely “off-grid” – no connections to the conventional electrical grid whatsoever.
Imagine the freedom of never again receiving an electrical bill! Or better still, imagine receiving payment from the utility for your clean, green power! We have experience in overseeing MicroFIT installations, which in Ontario can generate positive cashflow from your careful investment in renewable energy.
For both retrofits or new applications, we are experienced designers and installers of wood gasification boilers. Generally housed in their own out-building, these units are built like tanks and intended to last. With their extraordinary efficiency, most of the wood’s energy is released into an enormous hot water storage tank leaving only the very slightest wisps of smoke from their chimneys. This stored hotwater can service a home’s entire space heating and domestic hot water needs. In fact, they generate and store so much energy, the addition of a heated garage, shop or other building is easily accomodated from the same burns.
Seeking something automatic, effective and affordable? Our wall mounted solar hot air collectors are ideal for retrofit applications to your home, office or shop. Equipped with a small blower fan that operates as the sun heats the dark inner surface of the collector – even in the deep of winter – these devices pump out free warmth with no complicated mechanical or electrial connections. And just like solar hot water systems, these devices qualify for Ontario government rebates through the Eco-Energy program (still active provincially as of March 2011)
