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Last October, the Earth Policy Institute released a news release that stated the United States consumes more gasoline than the next 16 countries combined (among them are China, Japan, Russia, Germany, and Brazil. But one interesting fact stuck out… Since 2010 — US Gasoline Use Declined : A few interesting facts from the Earth Policy News Update: From 1994 through 2007, new car sales were 15-17 million per year.  Since then they’ve totalled 10-13 million, and unlikely to top 14... Read Full Story

“Imagine fuel without fear. No climate change. No oil spills, dead coal miners, dirty air, devastated lands, lost wildlife. No energy poverty. No oil-fed wars, tyrannies, or terrorists. Nothing to run out. Nothing to cut off. Nothing to worry about. Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, for ever.” Wow! These are the opening lines to the preface of “ Reinventing Fire ”, the latest book from Amory Lovins and his team at Rocky Mountain Institute – To me, the key word here... Read Full Story

A Happy New Year to you, your family, and friends! I’m so happy to be doing what I’m passionate about, and being able to do it while we’re seeing such a great evolution with Solar & Renewable Energy solutions. The realization, adoption, and results generated from these solutions are simply mind-blowing. More energy can be captured, and utilized, with today’s solutions – less expensively – than ever before. If you’d like to learn more about solar and renewable energy solutions – feel... Read Full Story

In my June 3, 2009 blog post, titled “ Changing My Mind on a Dime ” – I talked about using the sun to power cars soon…. Well, guess what?  It’s here! Earlier this year, Ford, and Sunpower agreed to a partnership that will allow purchasers of Ford plug-in vehicles the ability to charge their cars. Sunpower’s president and CEO, Tom Werner, says “This is taking solar power mainsteam” – and I think he’s right! The Ford-Sunpower “Drive Green for Life” program will install enough panels... Read Full Story

If you’re not sure what Solar PV is, be sure to read “What are solar photovoltaic systems ?” on our FafcoSolar.com web site . Now, the big question is “ How does Florida rank in Solar PV? ” as compared to the rest of the US… Earlier this year, Solar Today released a chart showing by state, the: PV watts per resident, PV installed to date, and on-the-year market growth. Florida ranks 6th in the country for megawatts of PV capacity. California, New Jersey, Colorado, Arizona... Read Full Story

Every time I receive an update from the Rocky Mountain Institute, I find it very inspiring, and… …they seem to be on target all of the time. Recently, they published the 10 Facts About Our Energy Landscape , which are: The US burns 13 millions barrels of oil a day (half imported) at a cost of $2 billion! The US’s 120 million buildings consume 42% of the nation’s energy. We spend more than $400 billion a year to heat and power buildings. US industry employs about 131 million... Read Full Story

Once I stepped inside, I knew… (Photo used with permission from Paul Shahriari – www.FLGreenHouse.com ) …I’d found the most beautiful kitchen in the world! It was absolutely break taking – aside from its very functional design – the fact that it was flooded with natural daylight really took it over the top! Some light entered the room through windows on the north and south sides of the house, too. But most of the light was provided by two tubular skylights centered in the ceiling... Read Full Story

Here is some good news concerning jobs… and I’m glad to be doing my part! The article reviews how the solar industry employed 100,237 people as of August 2011, which is 6.8 percent more than last year. I’ve hired two people so far this year and I’m looking to add a couple more before the year’s out. I’m always looking for good people who want to help create a really cool world in which renewable energy rules! - Dan Read Full Story

I’m proud to have our first official guest blogger, Philip Reed, contributing to my blog.  Enjoy! It’s taken some time but we’re beginning to look at renewable sources of energy such as solar owner as the norm in new construction. “Solar power as the norm rather than the exception.” –Philip J Reed, Westwood College It’s taken some time but we’re beginning to look at renewable sources of energy such as solar power as the norm in new  construction. Take a look around at new builds and... Read Full Story

“If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” My Father – Ward J. Morrissey Jr, Founder of Fafco Solar These words, which I heard many times as a young child, formed the foundation of our high quality standards at Fafco Solar. Although, my father and I were 180 degree opposites, and didn’t see eye to eye on many things — I have him to thank for giving me a wonderful career and the opportunity to do something I’m very passionate about. In 1975, I came to work for him, primarily... Read Full Story