conservation | Solar Forward http://solarforward.com Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:48:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 St. Andrew’s Celebrates Solar Sunday http://solarforward.com/st-andrews-celebrates-solar-sunday/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:48:06 +0000 http://solarforward.com/?p=480 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mar Vista recently celebrated a huge milestone in their efforts to reduce their environmental impact. On Sunday February 16th, they held their “Solar Sunday” event, an afternoon filled with great food, tours of the facility’s green aspects, a skit about the hazards of being wasteful, speeches from community leaders, and a blessing of the 28 shiny new SunPower solar panels we installed for them.

It was wonderful to work with Pastor Caleb, Jan Peters, and the rest of the congregation at St. Andrew’s to truly help them put into practice the environmental stewardship they preach. Their 9.2 kW system will generate clean, renewable energy and reduce their dependence on the energy coming in from the grid, which is mostly generated using fossil fuels.

Solar Forward was happy to be a part of St. Andrew’s Solar Sunday event to educate attendees about the ins and outs of generating clean energy. If you’re a member of a church interested in going solar, don’t hesitate to give us a call at 310-433-3770. Utility rebates are still available for tax exempt customers. Don’t worry, we’ll walk you through the process from start to finish.

Check out the photos below to see highlights from the day: Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Solar Sunday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church

]]> Panel Cleaning System http://solarforward.com/panel-cleaning-system/ Sat, 27 Jul 2013 01:04:21 +0000 http://www.solarforward.com/?p=399 This is a panel cleaning system we saw at Intersolar 2013. Your panels will be clean and shiny, but surprise surprise, it’s more expensive than the panel itself.And it has lots of moving parts so it probably won’t last as long as our 25 year warranty panels!

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]]> Outages More Likely with Climate Change http://solarforward.com/outages-more-likely-with-climate-change/ Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:00:35 +0000 http://www.solarforward.com/?p=379 Photo courtesy of Department of Energy

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With more energy breakdowns in our future, now is the time to consider a battery backup system or a new SMA inverter with an emergency backup circuit.  Solar Forward is the most experienced installer of reliable grid interactive power systems in Southern California.

]]> LADWP Increases California Friendly Residential Landscaping Rebate http://solarforward.com/ladwp-increases-california-friendly-residential-landscaping-rebate/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 22:21:44 +0000 http://www.solarforward.com/?p=362 If this past weekend was any indication, we’re in for a scorcher of a summer. This means potable water will be an extremely precious resource and LADWP is incentivizing customers to conserve water through appropriate landscaping.

Example of California Friendly Landscaping

Example of California Friendly Landscaping

LADWP is increasing the cash rebate for switching from water-thirsty grass to California Friendly landscaping from $1.50 per square foot to $2.00 per square foot. With this rebate increase, homeowners can cover a significant part of their re-landscaping costs.

Start saving water and money today by visiting the California Friendly Program website.

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