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Designing And Retrofitting Your Home For Passive Solar

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Designing And Retrofitting Your Home For Passive Solar

Homeowners who take advantage of passive solar home design can boost energy savings by lowering the heating and cooling load of their homes. Passive solar design is most easily accomplished when building or remodeling a home, requiring a more manageable investment than investing in active solar equipment, like photovoltaic panels.
There are five basic concepts to using passive solar:

If you’re interested in passive solar design, contact your local solar experts at Acosta Heating & Cooling today! We’ve been serving ...

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Lauren Acosta On 107.9 WLNK’S “The Satisfied Life”

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Lauren Acosta On 107.9 WLNK’S “The Satisfied Life”

Acosta Heating & Cooling’s own, Lauren Acosta, joined “The Satisfied Life” radio show this past weekend. As an Acosta Comfort Specialist, Lauren brought her expertise of solar HVAC systems and indoor air quality solutions to Charlotte’s airwaves, offering insights and savings tips that every homeowner can appreciate. If you missed Sunday’s show, you can still listen to her interview by clicking the play button below:

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Solar-System Maintenance: What Your Service Technician Should Do, And What You Can Do Yourself

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As with any heating and cooling system, a little care goes a long way. If you have a solar system installed in your home, you can expect to invest a little time into maintaining it. Solar-system maintenance is a twofold process that allows the homeowner and solar technician to work together for best performance. There are some preemptive measures you can take to significantly reduce the amount of solar-system maintenance required. But beyond that, involving a qualified technician to repair or ...

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Sold On Solar? Use These Tips To Get Started

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Do you know that the sun shines in Charlotte more than 60 percent of the year? If you do, you’re probably ready to go solar. Acosta Heating & Cooling is ready to meet your renewable energy needs with a few easy tips on getting started.

Assess Your Roof
Roofs are the ideal spot to add solar energy systems. Southern facing roofs get the most sun, but if your roof doesn’t face south, you can still benefit from renewable energy options. Is ...

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