By Kerry Lansing / From Green Building Insider

As spring’s fluctuating temperatures give way to soaring summer digits and triple-digit energy prices, a solar attic fan can reduce the heat load in your home, business, barn, shed or other structure. Heat from the sun is absorbed into a roof and accumulates in a structure’s attic, reaching temperatures as high as 160 degrees during the summer. That heat then permeates into living spaces. Actively ventilating an attic or under roofing keeps temperatures down and reduces the amount of energy needed to cool the building.  READ MORE

Learn more about solar attic fans at the following websites:

http://www.askthebuilder.com

http://www.dsireusa.org

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=products.pr_tax_credits

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5695.pdf

http://www.solaratticfan.com/

http://www.roofvents.com/solar-fan.html

http://www.usgbc.org/Default.aspx

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