Contemplating our environmental theme for the Go Green Greensboro series for ABC Wednesday, we've been driving around Greensboro looking for solar panels to photograph. We did find some out in the county; however, as far as in-town residences, this house on 16th street is one of the few.
Solar panels use light from the sun to generate electricity, decreasing the use of less renewable forms of energy. There are several companies in the Greensboro area that install solar panels. We were interested in Honey Electric Solar, Inc. because Rebekah Hren advises and trains for them. She teaches classes for the NC Solar Center and has written a book called the Carbon Free Home. While Hren lives in Durham, not Greensboro, our state is lucky to have people like Hren working to make our communities greener. Sustainability of one of the most important concepts of the 21st century. We need to find ways to sustain everything from our natural resources to our standard of living.
If this tiny house on 16th street at the base of the Billy Crash Craddock bridge can have solar panels, why can't more of us? Today is ABC Wednesday and S is for solar panels and sustainability.
You ask a very good question. I wonder how many bloggers' homes have solar panels? Kate, ABC Team
Posted by: kate | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 08:38 AM
I agree with you! Everybody should take solar panels! I have three big ones, enough to provide my house with all the electricity it needs. It's a beautiful system. My daughter in Australia followed me.I don't know how many she has, but I guess enough.Thank you for this post!
Wil, ABCW Team.
Posted by: Reader Wil | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM
I always like your SAVE the planet ideas!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Posted by: Roger Green | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 01:21 PM
What a great money-saver and environment-saver, too.
Posted by: bettyl | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Lots of people use them to heat their pools, so why not their houses?
Leslie
abcw team
Posted by: Leslie | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 11:49 PM