The holiday season will be a bit brighter for 10 Hawaii
households. Blue Planet Foundation and Suntech Hawaii have teamed up to offer
free solar water heating systems to 10 Oahu families.
Winners
will be selected from a list of those whosign up to be a “friend” of Blue Planetby Dec.
20, and winners will be announced Dec. 22.
The solar
giveaway is one of a series of programs Blue Planet Foundation will be rolling
out over the next year to decrease household energy use in Hawaii.
The 10 solar water heaters - to be
installed in the first months of 2009 - will save approximately 500 barrels of
oil over the life of the system, and about $150,000 in utility costs
collectively over the next 15 years.
According to Blue Planet, the
organization and its sponsor are able to deliver solar hot water systems at no
out-of-pocket cost to the homeowners because of the state and federal tax
incentives supporting adoption of solar energy. The two organizations have
agreed to jointly cover the full after-tax/after-rebate cost of the systems.
If you are eligible, visitwww.blueplanetfoundation.orgto
sign up.
