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Ezlivin

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Fri May-12-06 04:29 PM
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1. If you're thinking solar, try to keep your efficiency high

Using PV cells to generate electricity to drive baseboard heaters would be very inefficient.

You can accomplish quite a bit with passive solar (if you are blessed with a good location).

Another option would be geothermal heating using a geothermal heat pump. These have been proven to be very efficient.

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