SolarMax Inc.

SolarMax Inc. SolarMax, Inc, a solar renewable energy source provider was started in 2009 by Kevin Wisor.

Our company offers a variety of ways to reduce your monthly energy costs by providing solar electric, solar air heating and solar day lighting solutions.

02/24/2014

Stop by and see SolarMax Inc. at the Akron Home and Flower Show February 28 - March 2, 2014 at the John S. Knight Center in Akron.

02/01/2014

Did you know?? Alexandre Edmond Bacquerellar a French Physicist in 1839 discovered the key principle to solar energy cells, the photovoltaic effect.

Great information here at the Solar Community Get Together at Wolff Bros.
02/01/2014

Great information here at the Solar Community Get Together at Wolff Bros.

Stop by and see us at the Great Big Home & Garden Show at the I-X Center February 8-16, 2014 booth #876.
01/28/2014

Stop by and see us at the Great Big Home & Garden Show at the I-X Center February 8-16, 2014 booth #876.

YES Solar panels work even when it's snowing! People ask us that all the time. Check out one of our customers in Cople...
01/03/2014

YES Solar panels work even when it's snowing! People ask us that all the time. Check out one of our customers in Copley, OH - 30 solar panels, working great even on a snowy day!

01/02/2014

WHY SOLAR POWER?

Like sunshine, the benefits of solar power are abundant. Perhaps the biggest benefit of home solar panel installation is that solar power can significantly reduce or totally eliminate your electric bill. Home solar panels increase home value from the moment of installation and offer total protection against future electric rate hikes. Once solar panel installation is complete, home solar panels last a lifetime and require very little maintenance. Finally, the electricity generated by a home solar power system is free, non-polluting, renewable and reliable. SolarMax Inc. will walk you through the entire solar installation process.

Solar photovoltaic generation, known as PV also Solar Electricity.Based on comparative life-cycle analyses of power sour...
12/26/2013

Solar photovoltaic generation, known as PV also Solar Electricity.

Based on comparative life-cycle analyses of power sources, “PV electricity contributes 96 to 98 % less greenhouse gases than electricity generated from 100 percent coal
and 92 to 96 % less greenhouse gases than other fossil fuels for electricity mix.

Compared with electricity from coal, PV electricity over its lifetime uses 86 to 89 % less water, occupies or transforms over 80 % less land, presents approximately 95 % lower toxicity to humans, contributes 92 to 97 % less to acid rain, and 97 to 98 % less to marine eutrophication,” she said. Eutrophication is the process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients (as phosphates) that stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen.

Solar electricity generating capacity grew by a factor of over 21 between 2000 and 2012 and currently accounts for 0.3% of annual U.S. electricity generation.

In 2012, In the United States cumulative installed solar photovoltaic capacity grew more than 83% from the previous year

Toward the end of last year, installed global photovoltaic generating capacity passed the milestone of 100 gigawatts — enough to meet the energy needs of 30 million households and save more than 53 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, according to a
recent report by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, E.P.I.A., a solar power industry lobby group.

Going back 10 to 15 years, “we had to fight to find some crazy people who would install solar panels for $70 per watt on the rooftop, now it’s around $4.50 per watt USD,” said Eicke Weber, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, in Freiburg, Germany.

Here's a great light bulb comparison to use!
12/23/2013

Here's a great light bulb comparison to use!

12/21/2013

On Your Way to Renewables With renewable energy, a little advanced planning can add up to significant savings. Here are two quick tips to get you on the right track:

✔ Design right. Whether you’re building a new home or remodeling an old one, proper design and planning can offer savings once you’re ready to install your RE systems. Orient additions or new buildings to true south and reconsider rooflines and gables that interfere with solar access. Provide an unobstructed south-facing roof surface that allows plenty of solar collection area. If you’re planning to install a PV or SHW system, consider incorporating a chase between the roof and the basement to allow easy access and plenty of space for running cables and insulated plumbing. And don’t forget to construct your roof to handle the additional weight of collectors, if necessary. Purchase a long-lasting roofing material too, and then, if you know what equipment you’re planning to use, consider pre-installing rack stanchions before the new roof goes on.

✔ Double up. If you identify what you want ahead of time, you can piggyback projects with little or no extra cost. When we had some driveway work done, I had the backhoe and crew already on site dig trenches for conduit between my house and a future wind turbine site, as well as for piping between rain collection barrels. It took less than an hour of backhoe time for all that work and now I’m a step ahead on two future projects.

12/20/2013

SOLAR COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS OF TIPS FOR INEXPENSIVE ENERGY:

Tip 1: Know Your Loads The first step on the renewable path is to get familiar with how much energy your household uses and identify where your energy dollars are going. Take a look at a year’s worth of your energy bills. Determine how much energy is used for space and water heating, air conditioning, and other electrical loads. Depending upon where you live, you may find certain seasonal trends that lead to increased energy consumption. For most of us, space conditioning consumes the most energy and generally warrants the most attention when it comes to efficiency efforts. Water heating is typically the second largest home energy user.

12/19/2013

SOLAR COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS OF TIPS FOR INEXPENSIVE ENERGY:

Tip 2: Adopt RE-Ready Habits Simply being aware of what appliances are in use, and what needs to be used and when, can help you adjust habits to minimize household energy use. Learn to read your electric meter so that you can see how much power you’re using at any given time or how much energy was consumed over a period of time. The most efficient practices are those that don’t require any extra energy input, such as hanging clothes to dry on a clothesline. The next tier of efficiency is to install the most efficient technology and minimize use. For example, wash clothes in a front-loading washer with a high “modified energy factor” rating, dry for only a few minutes (or not at all) in the clothes dryer, and hang until completely dry. Take advantage of passive cooling techniques to minimize or even eliminate the need for air conditioning. In many climates, opening the windows at night and closing windows and shades in the morning to keep the sun out, along with using ceiling or floor fans, can be an effective cooling strategy.

12/18/2013

SOLAR COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS OF TIPS FOR INEXPENSIVE ENERGY:

Tip 3: Take Control Lowering the thermostat is one sure way to reduce heating costs. On average, you can expect to save about 2% of the energy you use to heat (or cool) your home for every degree you lower (or raise) the temperature setting. Use a programmable thermostat and set it to lower the temperature 10°F when you’re sleeping or away from home—or if there’s no danger of pipes freezing, you can turn off your furnace completely. (And no, it will not take more energy to reheat the house than you saved by keeping the thermostat turned down.) Wrap your water heater in an insulating blanket and set the temperature as low as possible. Typically, a 1°F adjustment in your water heater’s temperature will result in a 1% change in energy use. You can use a timer to turn an electric water heater off when you don’t need it, but you will gain more in efficiency by using conservation strategies such as low-flow shower heads.

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440-376-1621

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