Appalachian Energy Blog

So, we do have a few more systems to put up on the blog, but until we get all the pictures in and posted we could not help but share this with you. The Daily Show shows us two different approaches to solving our oil crisis, these two solutions could not be farther apart. This […]

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Words like aloha can be confusing, because they can mean both hello and goodbye. Especially confusing when you’re firing someone. Take an amazing story a recent client of ours shared with us that showed how confusing, and appropriate this word can be. After installing a three panel, 108-gallon tank solar hot water and heating system […]

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The house shows another configuration that takes advantage of roof orientation, while maintaining a subtle appearance.

This picture shows how seamless our space heating installs can be. We connect a hot water coil insert into your return duct so that it preheats the air, reducing your overall costs for space heating. Can you […]

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Why stop with the boiler room? Let’s offer some eye candy of some new installs around WNC.
Below are a couple pics that demonstrate the different kinds of styles we use to take advantage of specific circumstances.

Eric’s water tank shows of streamlined the tank assembly has gotten. Gone are the days of loose wiring. This […]

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After receiving many requests of wanting to see more installations, here is a picture collection of our recent installation at our office at the Fletcher Business Park. This 12-panel system was designed to supplement one of our building’s three boilers.

The panels have an increased angle to optimize their thermal performance during the winter months, […]

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This week we were very proud to recieve the North Carolina Leadership Award at the NC Sustainable Energy Conference, hosted by the NC State Energy Office. Among two other recipients (Michael Shore and Sen. John Snow) we were recognized for the total savings our renewable energy systems have brought to the state, the historic scale […]

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We just set up a page dedicated to connecting directly with the community through Facebook.com. If you have a question, comment or just want to say “Hey,” now you can connnect with us by using your Facebook account. Just search for us, become a fan and the rest is up to you. This is just a […]

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The tide is certainly changing for clean energy investments. Yesterday the UN held its Third Investor’s Summit on Climate Risk, which attracted the likes of over 480 investors who pooled a record-breaking collective of over $20 trillion in  investment capital. This high-rolling crew assembled in such numbers not to mitigate the damage of a declining […]

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One of the greatest hurdles in achieving a sustainable future is overcoming conventional wisdom. Over time it has held that climate change was a hoax. It has held that renewable energy installations such as wind turbines and solar panels reduce property value. It has held that the actions of one person cannot sway significant impact […]

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Last week marked the beginning of another exciting project around here that is a slight change of gears from business as usual, working with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Secretariat himself hand-selected our own international energy management guru, David Wallace, for a private consulting position updating the Convention’s database on policies […]

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