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This homeowner is determined to make his home as Planet-Friendly as possible When Steve Rizzone set out to build a new custom home on a hillside lot in Newport Beach, California he wanted to “walk the talk” about living green by building the most environmentally-friendly home possible. It took five years of planning by Mr. Rizzone and his architects and …

Well after a long road of planning and some delays due to the financial meltdown in our lending industry here in the USA we are now at installation day for our Solar City solar energy system on our house. Pretty exciting to finally have it put in place and maybe be turned on later this week. Good timing too as …

Going Solar. Soon! The process of getting our house fitted with a solar system has now run its course and we are very close to the installation day and then of course the big moment. Switching it on and getting power from the sun! Solar City has been in touch a lot in recent weeks to inform us of the …

I am working with a local roofer who installs cool roofs. It is truly amazing how much it can make a difference in the amount of energy your house uses to cool in the summer. We installed a cool roof and now see the interior of our house never getting hot in the summer as it used it before the …

My long march to getting solar energy installed on my house in California continues it slog towards the final day when it gets turned on and we jump for joy. It all started last Fall when SolarCity was heavily promoting its new program for leasing a solar energy system. I was not in the position to buy a system for my house so the idea of leasing the system and putting down a modest down payment ($1000) and being able to basically pay the same amount each month for the lease and my electric bill as I am currently paying for the electricity straight from the utility had some real merit to me.