Reduce Your Family's Carbon Footprint With Solar Energy

Implementing a home solar energy system is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint, cut greenhouse gas emissions and help fight global warming. Solar energy is a responsible, dependable and renewable energy choice.

Energy that comes from a utility is typically comprised of 70% fossil fuels, including coal, gas and oil. Using these energy sources causes climate change and extraction through drilling, mining or other techniques has numerous negative environmental impacts.

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

In general, the biggest contributors to carbon footprints are individuals in industrialized nations transportation and household electricity use. The average household in the United States has approximately 16,290 lbs of CO2 (a major green house gas) emissions from electricity use. A typical 5 kilowatt home solar energy system can reduce green house gases by up to 9,000 pounds annually.

While the manufacturing of solar panels do create carbon emissions, scientific studies show that after less than 2 years they become carbon negative. Since the typical PV module will be in operation for more than 20 years they are one of the most efficient methods for long-term greenhouse gas reduction. Conergy produces its PowerPlus solar panels using a facility powered by solar energy.

By combining energy efficiency with solar energy solutions, you can nearly eliminate the carbon footprint of your home.