Follow the Indoor Farmer

Well it’s been three week since I planted our seeds in our grow tent at our garden city store and the little guys are doing great. They look very healthy and strong. I have Tomatoes, Cucumbers, lettuce, Radishes, peppers, and Strawberries. I bought the strawberries at our local garden store in 2” pots and have transplanted them into 4” pots.

I started my indoor garden March 19, 2013 on March 22, 2013 Three days, my Cucumbers, Lettuce, and Radish’s Sprouted !!

Sunshine Vitamins are vitamins you produce from the help of the sun. Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin.

Solar Grow Tubes are a great way to grow your garden indoors or starting your garden for the summer.

Solar Grow Light Tubes are not like a standard solar tube they are specifically designed to grow plants.

There has been talk lately about The waste from Solar panel manufacturing plants in the US saying they have nowhere to dump their hazardous material left over from making panels. Part of this problem has come from the fast growth of the industry.

Installing a Solar Tube, Tubular skylight, sun tube or whatever you want to call them, in a commercial building is a great way to save on your electricity bill.

Solar Skylight tubes are still a great way to bring natural light into your home.

Growing indoors can be fun and healthy way to eat what you grow. Thanks to a new product called” Solar Grow Tubes”. In the past growing indoors was expensive due to the cost of electric lights and a high cost of power. With the new Solar Grow Tube there is no need for power because the light comes from the sun 100% all natural light just like Mother Earth likes it.

In Solar News

Solardaily.com reports Walmart has installed its 100^th store in California with roof top solar panels to help with their huge power consumption. They plan to install all of their stores with solar power and be supplied with 100% energy efficient products in the near future.

Simply Stated! Why American’s can’t change to Alternate Energy

The Alternate energy industry has lost it momentum the last 2 years due to high cost of change. No one is tooled up or trained up for the change in our thinking of how we use power in our everyday life. Change cost money, Change has uncertainty, and Change brings anxiety. Most people don’t have time for change because it’s too hard. There’s no drive through, or motivational tape to buy that’s makes change easy.

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Top 10 considerations when purchasing a solar tube

Let’s break it down.  You decided that a solar skylight tube is going to be an excellent addition to your home or office and you’re ready to purchase. But, you want to know if you have covered all your bases.  Below is a list of what we feel is the top ten considerations each consumer needs to know when purchasing a solar tube.  These considerations are not necessarily in order of importance because each one is very important.

There is so much going on in the area of solar energy these days.  It’s a very exciting time.  One of the main hold backs to going solar, especially on a residential level is cost.  Programs and Research and Development need to evolve and it looks like that is taken place. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory  there is excellent research taking place that will dramatically cut the cost of today's solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.

Solar Tubes offer Simple Help for Seasonal Affective Disorder

Many Gardening enthusiast grow their own fruits and vegetables. It hasn't been until the last 10 years that there has been such a immense amount of information regarding the healthy benefits of growing your own garden and very recently information on growing your own garden inside.

Now that the fall harvest is upon us it’s time to start preparing for winter and then spring! Starting an indoor garden this winter can be easy and fun, its also a great way to have fresh produce around all year and to get a jump start on your garden for next year.

With school now in full swing let’s take a look around the nation at what different schools are doing to lower their carbon footprints.  Many schools have begun to turn to solar skylight tubes to bring natural light into newly renovated buildings lets share some examples. 

In Pennsylvania, James Buchanan High School is undergoing a major overhaul to update the nearly 40-year-old building.  They are also installing solar tubes with the intention of saving on utility expenses and making the school more conducive to learning.

In North Carolina, Watauga High School installed solar light tubes in their school because of the construction not allowing natural light into some of their classrooms.

In Colorado the Ellicott School District 22 installed solar tubes in one of their high schools to allow interior classrooms to have natural light.

In Kentucky, Bristow Elementary is taking steps, including installing solar tubes and ceiling prisms, to become a net-zero school, which means it will produce more clean energy than it uses.

This is a great trend we are seeing.  Installing solar skylight tubes will brighten up all classrooms and they will allow the school to save money on electricity.  If you hear of other schools that are doing this tell us about it.  We want to promote this and get the word out so more schools will follow in this path.

The obvious benefit of installing solar light tubes is the energy savings that result lowering your electrical bills; however another less hyped benefit is the natural light they bring into your home. Natural light is pleasing in general for most people but did you know that it is also beneficial to your health?

In this article we will share some of the benefits that a business owner can receive by installing solar skylight tubes into their offices, warehouses or even on their farms.  Solar skylights are a great way to brighten any room or work space while saving you money on electricity and taxes.

Solar skylight tubes are a great addition to any home.  While talking to our customers we found that some knew they needed more light in their homes but they weren't always sure where the best places to install the skylight tubes were.   We have created a list of the top 5 uses for solar light tubes  in home installations. Solar light tubes can also be used in warehouses and other buildings but for right now we want to focus on in-home installations.

There seems to be a lot of controversy on the web about which terms should be used to refer to solar light tubes, also known by solar skylight tubes and many more. To help put this controversy to rest, we decided to collect all the terms that are used to refer to these solar skylight tubes so that people can decide for themselves which name or names they feel would be the best to use.

While tube skylight are a great way to “go green” in your home, there are a lot of other things that you can do to make your home a green home.  

As a company that provides solar energy alternatives, Eco Solar wants to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of Earth Day. 

Solar attic fans are another great way to save money and get even more green energy tax refunds!  With summer coming up cooling off is going to become important and expensive, but by installing solar attic fans you can not only lower your cooling bill but extend the life of your roof too!

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As earth day approaches I thought it would be appropriate to share ideas about how we can give back to the earth that gives so much to us.  I found that I had no idea the size of my personal ecological footprint until I took a little quiz (I don’t know how accurate it is but it got me thinking) and it would take 4.1 earths to support everyone if they all lived like I do! Find out how big your footprint is...

We recently discussed some of the tax incentives to using solar tube lighting in your home. While this is a good reason to consider installing solar tube lighting, there are definitely other reasons why you may want to consider their use in your home.

The government is offering tax incentives for people implementing green initiatives. Find out if you qualify and learn what to do for next year's taxes.

NEW YEAR, NEW SITE, SAME GREAT SERVICE!

All of us here at ECO Solar Skylight Tubes are happy to announce the launch of our new site TubeSolar.net! We've spent the last 10 years providing you the best service locally here in The Treasure Valley and have now decided its time to take that same great service to other customers across the country.  We are proud of the product we represent and believe that we can provide a great product at a great price and want to share that with a broader customer base.