As solar is becoming more and more affordable, it’s not uncommon for our customers to convince their family members to go solar. Seeing the installation on their family member’s home and hearing them brag about how much money they are saving each month quickly makes more solar converts. Ecohouse Solar has now had a number […]

By Ben Heinrichs   My name is Ben Heinrichs.  I’m currently a junior at Columbus Alternative High School or CAHS. At CAHS, upper-class students are given the opportunity to do an internship with a local business on Wednesdays instead of attending regular classes. I chose Ecohouse Solar (Ecohouse) as the location for my internship. I […]

By ALAN FROMAN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Nov 4, 2019 at 6:05 PM     Marble Cliff is moving ahead with its plans to install solar panels and electric-vehicle charging stations at Village Hall. The two charging stations, which will be installed in front of Village Hall, 1600 Fernwood Ave., are expected to be operational by the end of November, fiscal officer Cindy McKay […]

Photovoltaic (PV) or solar panels convert sunlight into direct current (DC) electricity. The DC power is then changed to alternating current (AC) power by a solar inverter, so the electricity is compatible for your home or office. Any excess solar power is exported to the electric grid or to a solar battery.  The magic of […]

  At first glance, solar may not seem to make financial sense in Ohio since Ohio’s electric rates are relatively low and the upfront costs of solar appear high.  However, installing solar panels makes financial sense in Ohio for three simple reasons:           1. Electricity costs continue to rise,     […]

A career change is often a frightening thing to contemplate, maybe especially so when you’re in your 50s. But for Jeff Miller of Columbus, Ohio, age 54 was the perfect time to hop into solar. In his words, he had finally found his people. Jeff Miller Miller’s winding path to solar started in the ’80s […]

The most important thing you can do before going solar is to make your house or office building as energy efficient as possible.  Energy efficiency may not be as flashy as solar, however it makes sense to improve energy efficiency, because the payback for energy efficiency improvements is much faster than the payback for solar, […]

If you are going to drive an electric vehicle (EV), you’re going to have to learn to speak the language of electricity. Some people think that’s asking too much—that even though you understand units like inches and feet, meters and kilometers, cups and gallons, milliliters and liters, kilobytes and megabytes and gigabytes, you’ll never learn […]

At Ecohouse Solar we regularly get calls from people who want our advice about where to buy solar equipment so they can install it themselves. We respond by letting them know that trying to install a solar electric system by yourself is a bad idea. Here are the reasons why: SAFETY Working on roofs is […]

Increase home value 3-4% by installing a solar panel system Multiple studies have shown that homes with solar panel systems are valued and sold at prices above similar homes in their area. Early studies focused on established solar markets such as California found that home values increase by four percent or more when homes are […]