The reality of global warming seems questionable at best to some people. There is, of course, evidence that the earth has gone through periods of heating and cooling multiple times during its long history, though it is certain that, during those periods, there were no humans polluting the air and causing environmental problems.

However, many people who don’t believe in global warming are really missing out on some benefits that environmental awareness has brought us. After all, we all want to save money whether we believe in global warming or not!

So, even if you’re skeptical about our need to “save the planet”, Sungate Energy Solutions can still give you some great products to save your wallet.

Let’s start with insulation. Good insulation from Sungate Energy Solutions keeps your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter without the help of your heating and cooling systems. And, energy efficient windows keep your inside air inside and your outside air outside, which also helps your heating and cooling systems run more efficiently.

Sungate Energy Solutions also offers tankless hot water heaters from Fafco and other brands. Even if you aren’t “going green” you know that there’s no reason to keep water hot that you’re not even going to use.

The most effective solutions from Sungate Energy Systems are solar panels. You can install a solar hot water system that keeps your water very warm, before it even hits your hot water heater, significantly reducing the hot water heater’s workload. This, alone, can reduce your costs of heating your water by as much as 70%.

You can also add solar panels to furnish energy to your home in other ways. Sungate Energy Solutions engineers can design a solar energy system for your home that can significantly reduce, or even eliminate, your dependence on your local electric company.

So, you see, “being green” doesn’t have to be the issue. Instead, it can just be all about “saving green”.

Was that summer electric bill just too much for you? Are you looking for ways to get a break from your utility costs as well as the heat? Before you panic about that electric bill, make sure you’re doing everything in your power to shave it. There are so many simple things you can do to lower your electricity usage. Sungate Energy Solutions offers these ten easy ways to shave your electricity bill.

1. Swap out your incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescents in your three most frequently used lights. Aim to eventually use only compact fluorescents in your home. If every American home replaced just one light with an Energy Star compact fluorescent bulb, we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year, save about $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to those from about 800,000 cars.
2. Buy a programmable thermostat. There’s no reason to keep your home warm enough or cool enough when you’re not going to be there, or when you’re sleeping. With a programmable thermostat, you can set the right temperatures for various times of the day, and your thermostat will adjust automatically.
3. Change your air filters once a month. Clogged air filters reduce air flow and make your heating and cooling systems work harder.
4. Vacuum air vents and registers regularly to aid circulation.
5. Use light colored blinds or curtains on south and west facing windows and keep them closed during the hottest part of the day.
6. Use small appliances like crock pots for cooking during the summer. Not only do they use less electricity than your oven, but they keep your kitchen cooler, too.
7. Give up a degree or two. Keeping the home one or two degrees cooler in the winter and warmer in the summer will help you save money. Your family will may complain at first, but they’ll quickly adjust to the difference.
8. Turn off those lights. Many people have lights on when they don’t really need them. Make it a point to keep lights out when they’re not really needed.
9. Turn off your tanked hot water heater when you go out of town. No need to keep water heated when you’re not going to use it. Even better; buy a tankless hot water heater so that you never heat water unless you’re using it.

10.Contact Sungate Energy Solutions for energy efficient windows, insulation, tankless hot water heaters and solar energy systems to really make a dent in that power bill!

At Sungate Energy Solutions, we’re always looking for ways to help our customers fight those high utility costs and do their part to protect the environment. That’s why we offer lots of options, including solar hot water. Solar hot water is one of the hottest technologies going today, and with good reason.

By switching to solar hot water, you can fight those rising utility costs even while working with your existing hot water heater if you choose. You see, with solar hot water, your water is heated by your solar equipment before it ever reaches your hot water tank. Because the water is warmer to begin with, it requires less energy to heat it to the temperature you desire. Experts estimate that the costs of heating water are reduced by about 70% by using solar hot water. I’m sure you’d agree that reducing the energy required to heat your water by 70% is a great way to save money on your gas bill. You can save even more money by simply making a few changes to your daily routine. Using more hot water while the sun is shining, and less in the evening will allow you to take the greatest advantage of your

Installing solar hot water requires knowledge and skill. The engineers and installers at Sungate Energy Solutions have both. They’re expertly trained in Fafco Solar hot water as well as other systems. You don’t have to worry about sizing your solar hot water system or where the system needs to go to get adequate solar energy.

When you trust your solar hot water solution to Sungate Energy Solutions, you can spend your time thinking about all the money you’re going to save and feeling good about helping the environment by reducing your energy footprint. Leave the rest to us; it’s what we do best!

For a long time on this blog we have been talking about the financial implications of using solar panels for your daily energy needs. As a side note we also sometimes talk about what devastating impact the conventional sources of energy are making on our environment. “Side note” because, unfortunately and tragically, when it comes to worrying about the environment and the purity of the air that we breathe and the food that we eat and the water that we drink, we keep sweeping the issue under the carpet unless the water is over our noses.

We forget, or choose to ignore, what sort of world we are going to leave for our children and their children.  If we don’t take constructive measures right now our children will resent us forever, if they are able to survive the neglect we wrought upon the only planet we’ve got.

At Sungate Energy Solutions we not just do the business of providing solar energy solutions to our customers we also try to educate them and sensitize them towards the need for cleaner and renewable energy sources. You may think that it is good for our business if more and more people by solar panels and of course it is good since we are into this business, but that’s simply because  we are into “right” business.  The pioneers in this field are going to make a significant contribution towards the well-being of the planet.

When you stop using power generated from fossil fuels less oxygen and other toxic gases are released into the atmosphere. Do you know that approximately 667,000 school-age kids have been diagnosed with asthma (source: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/asthma/asthma.htm) and most of these cases are due to air pollution?  The problem has attained epidemic proportions and it is mostly left neglected because the symptoms are not very drastic (we’re not talking about people who actually have asthma).  And this is just one single problem.  Many new mutations are occurring due to air and water. Millions of children around the world are growing up carrying around poisonous residues inside their bodies with alarming ramifications.

Of course these problems cannot be solved in a single day but Sungate Energy Solutions is surely playing an important role by formulating a business model around this urgent need: installing devices that derive energy from the sun. You can also become a part of this revolutionary shift towards healthier and renewable alternative.  Contact us today to know more about how you can make a big difference in what sort of world your children and their children are going to inherit.