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Solar Powered Attic Fans

Solar Powered Attic FanVentilate your attic with free, clean, and abundant solar energy
U.S. Sunlight’s line of Solar Powered Attic Fans provide the active ventilation your attic needs to reduce the heat build-up in your attic that can reach temperatures of 160F and higher. It’s this heat build-up that can overheat your air conditioning ductwork and raise the temperatures in your home’s living spaces.

Adding a Solar Powered Attic Fan will provide the circulation and improved airflow to effectively ventilation your attic and lower your attic temperature. The result will be a reduced strain on your air conditioner, a cooler house, and a more comfortable living environment.

Click on link to download PDF : The Benefits of Attic Ventilation

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Cool your house in the summer

By running the fan year-round, you can also effectively remove moisture from your attic in the colder winter months. The Solar Powered Attic Fan provides the air circulation that prevents the moist air from condensing on the surface. Keeping your attic drier and helping to prevent mold and mildew inside your attic and ice damming on your roof.
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Remove moisture and protect your house in the winter

In the winter, warm moist air rises from the inside of your home and collides with the cold underside of the roof. The Solar Powered Attic Fan provides the air circulation that prevents the moist air from condensing on the surface. Keeping your attic drier and helping to prevent mold and mildew inside your attic and ice damming on your roof.

Moisture in the attic can also lead to other troublesome problems. Humidity can cause saturated insulation, sheetrock pops and truss uplifts, which can cause damage and cracks to the drywall inside.

Federal Tax Credits

Tax Credit Information

The opportunities for tax credits are tied to the re-insulation of residential homes generated by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (also known as the $787 billion Stimulus Bill) passed in February 2009.

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Two key components of this newly passed legislation include the following:

  1. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
    – The WAP was founded in 1976 to provide weatherization services to low income residential households every year. Historically, the federal government has allocated about $250 million dollars annually to this program over the past 35+ years. With one stroke of the pen on February 17, 2009, the Feds allocated 20 times the normal annual amount.  This amount equates to more than $5 billion to be spent on weatherization between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010.  Some of the largest components of the WAP include re-insulation of attics and exterior sidewall re-insulation.
  2. Thirty percent (30%) Federal Tax Credit (up to $1,500)
    – The maximum tax credit in 2006 and 2007 was 10% of the material purchase price (up to $500). Now the maximum tax credit is 30% of the material purchase price (up to $1,500) for qualified energy efficiency improvements and qualified energy property.

Smoke-Eating Roof Tiles

Breathe Easier with Revolutionary Roofing!

blankLos Angeles based homebuilder, KB Homes, has joined forces with Boral Roofing to create and utilize a concrete tile roof that neutralizes the nitrogen oxide that forms into smog. KB Homes began offering this special roof in January of 2011 to 25 housing developments located in Southern California. When the smog-eating tiles are used in an entire neighborhood, the air quality will be improved in the immediate area
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The science behind the tiles is the titanium dioxide which is incorporated into the surface of the tiles. When daylight hits the roof, it activates the titanium oxide, which in turn breaks down the nitrogen oxides in the air into oxygen and nitrates. When installed on a standard 2,000 square foot home, the tiles are able to neutralize in one year the amount of nitrogen oxide a typical car produces after 10,800 miles of driving.

With an upgrade to smog-eating tiles available for approximately $800, it’s a relatively small price to pay for cleaner air to breathe.