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Workshop: Solar Power Makes Cents Now!

Monday, Feb 15th, 2010 by Brigid
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We’re pleased to host Dan Chiras, director of The Evergreen Institute, The Center for Renewable Energy, for a workshop at our solar and wind showroom in Lenexa (15209 W. 99th, Lenexa, KS).
Dan will be conducting the “Solar Power Makes Cents Now !” workshop on April 1, 2010 from 6:30 to  9:00.
Solar power costs have dropped [...]

Lee’s Summit Couple First to Get KCP&L Solar Rebates

Monday, Jan 11th, 2010 by Brigid
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A Kansas City area couple are the first in the state to take advantage of the new KCP&L solar rebates and federal financial incentives. The Energy Savings Store employees Ryan Gardner and Susan Brown were pleased to be a part of this exciting solar installation.

Solar became the solution for Ray and Kathy Baisch after seeing their electric rates [...]

All Solar Panels are NOT Created Equal

Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2009 by RyanG
More Stories: Articles - General, Residential Solar PV

I’ve been selling solar energy systems for a number of years and have learned a thing or two about helping people select the solar panels that are right for them.  I love being back in Kansas City and hope you’ll come in to see some of the solar equipment on display and ask some questions. 
Making [...]

Solar – More Affordable Than Ever in Missouri

Friday, Nov 27th, 2009 by Brigid
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We were more than a little pleased when Proposition C  – the Clean Energy Initiative – passed last year. The Energy Savings Store and Susan Brown had been actively working to get this legislation passed for years. It is such good news for all of us!
We are going to see the first ever utility rebates for [...]

Working for Clean Energy Legislation

Tuesday, Oct 13th, 2009 by Brigid
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The Energy Savings Store joined hundreds of business leaders from across the nation in Washington D.C. to take the message to our leaders that the time is now to act on clean energy legislation.  “We traveled to the nation’s capitol to urge our leaders to pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will create millions [...]

Our Solar Energy, Wind Power Showroom Opens!

Saturday, Oct 3rd, 2009 by Brigid
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Since 2003, we’ve been serving you from an office in St. Louis and our home based offices  in KC – lean and mean! We are so excited to finally open our new warehouse and solar and wind showroom on the KC side of the state! You can stop by and visit, see solar panels, wind [...]

The Energy Savings “Store within a Store”

Thursday, Sep 3rd, 2009 by Steve O'Rourke
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The Energy Savings Store has teamed up with Greene’s Country Store in O’Fallon, Missouri to bring renewable energy one step closer to residents of West St. Louis and St. Charles counties.   The store will showcase sample solar products designed to educate and inspire the store’s typical patrons, who tend to be eco-centric.  Greene’s Country Store [...]

Missouri Renewable Energy Legislation: Proposition C Update

Tuesday, Sep 1st, 2009 by Steve O'Rourke
More Stories: Financial Incentives, Legislation Updates

Solar Rebates Coming to Missouri in 2010
The slow and tedious process of working out the details on how to implement Proposition C continues.  Prop C, passed by Missouri voters 2 to 1 last fall, mandates that investor owned utilities (IOUs) increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources to 15% by 2021, 2% of [...]

Missouri Solar Industry forms Association

Thursday, Jun 25th, 2009 by Steve O'Rourke
More Stories: Articles - General, Financial Incentives

Solar industry leaders from across the state met in Columbia last Thursday  to form an industry trade association, MOSEIA (Missouri Solar Energy Industry Association).  MOSEIA aims to accelerate the solar industry in the state of Missouri.
The group’s formation is in large part a response to the passage of Proposition C, the Clean Energy Initiative, which [...]

Building the Solar-Ready Home

Monday, May 4th, 2009 by Steve O'Rourke
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It’s an interesting study to see how home building techniques and materials have evolved over time, and how new ideas that were once radical have become common.  Drywall, for example, quickly replaced lath and plaster as the standard for interior walls, and radiators were replaced by forced air systems.  As we began closing the windows [...]

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