A solar pool heater uses a pump, a solar collector and piping in conjunction with your existing pool filter. The process is simple: The pump takes water from the pool, then forces it through the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Solar panels continue to rise in popularity year after year as more people learn about the versatility of the renewable energy source. Yes, ...

We mostly think of home swimming pools as summer diversions. After all, the most efficient heater available to us, the sun, is keeping the water warm at all times. But, thanks to solar panels, you can ...

Plug-in solar has remained in the shadows because of a lack of safety standards and often costly requirements imposed by ...

Solar water heaters work by absorbing sunlight in solar collectors and saving the heated water in a storage tank. Both active and passive solar water heaters are available. Active systems are ...

U.S. solar thermal panel manufacturer Fafco has developed a photovoltaic-thermal heat pump solution for water and pool heating. “The solution utilizes an open-loop solar drain-back style system that ...

A passive solar-heated home needs no solar panels to heat or cool it. Rather, the energy used to heat and cool a house comes directly from the sun through skylights and windows. Some of that energy is ...