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Solar monitoring display at Mission Pie

Apr 26, 2012

After installing solar at Mission Pie in February, the local pie shop has installed a monitoring screen in the cafe that shows what their Luminalt-installed system is producing. The screen, an energy efficient LCD monitor, shows a chart illustrating historic...

The impact of solar systems on home value

Apr 17, 2012

Sandia National Laboratories has just released a new tool for real estate appraisers called PV Value™. The tool, available for download here, seeks to standardize how home values are affected by solar installations. Up until recently, a report released in October of...

What should you know before installing solar?

Mar 23, 2012

You've decided you want to install solar. Now what? Before choosing a solar installer, you should make sure that your installer meets a variety of qualifications. How long have they been around? What do former customers say? Did they actually come out and look at your...

Luminalt is featured on Ask This Old House

Mar 16, 2012

PBS’s Ask This Old House crew was in town recently to learn about residential solar installations from the experts. Luminalt’s Anukene Warda showed Ross Trethewey, the show's Alternative Energy Expert, how we install solar. Working on the roof of a Bernal Heights...

PG&E’s free “Solar Noon” webinar series

Mar 1, 2012

From the Pacific Energy Center: The PG&E Solar Group will continue its popular "Solar Noon" webinar series in 2012, presenting no-cost webinars on timely solar topics on selected Tuesdays and Fridays from noon to 1:00 pm. Details and log-in information can be...

Mission Pie goes solar!

Feb 26, 2012

This week, Luminalt is installing over at our neighbor, Mission Pie. This fantastic pie shop sources their ingredients locally and serves as a community meeting space. SF Weekly's Jesse Hirsch covered our solar installation at Mission Pie: "Mission Pie, already one...

Pacific Energy Center offers free classes in solar

Feb 16, 2012

Pacific Gas & Electric offers a wide range of free courses in energy efficiency on topics including solar, water conservation, lighting, and architecture. PG&E offers these courses targeted to both industry professionals and novices at the Pacific Energy...

Noel Cotter installed his first solar system in 1981

Feb 8, 2012

Noel Cotter, Luminalt’s co-founder, installed his first solar electric system back in 1981. Though the technology was still in its infancy, the panels work to this day. At the time, Noel’s installation for theUniversity College Cork was the largest in Western Europe....

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