Eco Home Makeover by Sam’s Club
Posted on March 31, 2008 – 4:54 pm by admin
For some reason, I am getting a magazine from Sam’s Club. Perhaps it is because we used to be members of the store. A few months ago, we stopped going because we just couldn’t take another bite of their food. Not that it was bad, but let’s just say there wasn’t too much variety.
Back to getting their magazine. Anyway, as I was tossing it into my recycling bin this afternoon, I noticed a big full page ad that read, “Eco Home Makeover.” I saw a picture of a wind turbine as well as solar panels on a roof. It also had a price in large print – $44,000.
Needless to say, I was a little intrigued. Apparently, Sam’s Club is now offering energy efficient home services. Here is what you get for the $44,000:
- One week vacation while your home is being “greened”
- Solar panels
- Wind turbine
- Internet monitoring
- Energy Star appliances for kitchen and laundry
- New Energy Star lighting throughout house (CFLs)
- A housewarming party upon your return home
- PBS will cover the renovation
I’m sure there will be some opinion out there about this, but that doesn’t seem bad to me at all. At least a big retailer is doing something like this. Also, it’s good that this kind of stuff is put right in front of the faces of Sam’s Club shoppers. Sometimes it needs to be put right in front of some people’s faces, if you know what I mean.
They claim that this makeover will be able to provide energy to a 3,000 – 4,000 square foot house. That’s not bad at all.
TYSM I read this one and decided to try it out on my ACER (See, its not always HP with the problems)...
2 Responses to “Eco Home Makeover by Sam’s Club”
By George Coiner on Apr 6, 2008 | Reply
Jay. I wanted to say thank you for the positive blog comments and openness. I am the contractor/engineer supplying the solar/wind for the Sam’s Club package. We are so excited to be selected to do this package and to be part of this energy revolution and ecological shift that is long over due. I am new to this blog thing so don’t know who will read this but wanted to mention that I have read where there are plans for a network of high voltage DC (HVDC) power lines to span America. About 500 miles of HVDC lines already exist in the U.S. and companies are eying them up for their renewable energy projects: Southwest Power Pool of Texas is designing a system of DC and AC transmission for a wind farm in Texas and TransCanada proposed 2,200 miles of HVDC to carry wind power from Montana and Wyoming down to Las Vegas and beyond.
The infrastructue for solar has already begun to form and some companies are investing huge dollars to make high energy solar thermal and photovoltaic projects in the deserts a reality. For example, the Spanish company, Acciona Energy, makers of “Nevada Solar One” believes their goal of producing 30% of our electricity needs within 20-25 years in within reach.
These changes will be unlike any other in our entire history. Nothing our parents, grand parents or even THEIR parents have ever seen. And we are living in the years to witness it. Viva La Solar Revolution!
http://www.gcsolar.com
By jayadmin on Apr 8, 2008 | Reply
Hey, good luck with this part of your business. I hope to start seeing a heck of a lot more solar panels and wind turbines around my part of the country.