Build-It-Solar Blog

This is a quick test to see how much a thin layer of snow covering a part of a PV panel effects the output. In other words, should you bot...

This is a quick test to see how much a thin layer of snow covering a part of a PV panel effects the output. In other words, should you bot...

For those who have been following Tom Sullivan's wind turbine project, Tom has made a major change. He has replaced his Breezy wind tu...

A while back, we replaced all of our toilets with dual-flush units in order to save some water. We used WaterRidge dual-flush toilets pur...

Its been one year since we put in our PV system, so I thought I would do a little report on how its performed, and what living with the syst...

DIYers will often build collectors that are quite wide (20+ ft) for solar space heating.  The usual approach is to run a manifold along the ...

Neil has been logging the performance of his very nicely done solar water heating system in the UK . The collectors for Neil's syst...

Starting in 2011 the FTC will require the yellow Energy Guide labels on new TV sets. These are the same labels you now find in new dish was...

Shawn shows in some detail how he uses a large surplus metal shipping container for general storage space and as a mounting structure for a ...

This is another addition to the series on Great DIY Websites.. . Kris's website covers the solar projects that he has tackled with goo...