{"id":381,"date":"2012-10-02T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T17:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/?p=381"},"modified":"2016-04-26T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T22:51:26","slug":"money-solar-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/money-solar-save\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Money Will Solar Save Me Every Month?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;padding: 0 0 10px 10px\" class=\"interactive_right\"><div class='button_holder_right'><iframe allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' src='\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/tweet_button.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcenturyrooftile.com%2Fsolar-bay-area-roofing-blog%2Fmoney-solar-save%2F&amp;text=How Much Money Will Solar Save Me Every Month?&amp;count=vertical&amp;lang=' style='width:65px; height:65px;' ><\/iframe><\/div><div class='button_holder_right'><iframe src='\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fcenturyrooftile.com%2Fsolar-bay-area-roofing-blog%2Fmoney-solar-save%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=65&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=21' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:65px; height:21px;' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><p>Whether you&#8217;re a penny-pinched homeowner desperate to save money on your electricity bill, or you&#8217;re a Bay Area business owner looking to build equity in your building and slash costs, you&#8217;re considering the \u201csolar tile route.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>But how much money can you save <a title=\"Bay Area Solar \" href=\"http:\/\/noutilitybill.com\">going solar<\/a>? How can you quantify the effects of an upgrade?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Use online calculators.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of online calculators can help you calculate the gist of how much you could save, long-term, based on parameters you input. But if you&#8217;re in the earlier stages of the research process, these calculations might confuse more than they clarify.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Get a rough estimate using national average.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These numbers change, but let\u2019s just say that the average electricity bill in our region, among homeowners like you, is $120 per month. If you install a 3 kilowatt system and obtain usable 7 hours of sunlight every day, you get around 20 kilowatt hours a day. That means you get about 600 kilowatt hours every month. Of course, you need to &#8220;hit at&#8221; that number, because not every day will be sunny and beautiful, especially in the Bay Area, where the weather gets crazy.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s say that 20% of the days, rain or fog or other inclement weather prevents your system from extracting usable energy. 20% of 600 is 120, so you might end up with only 480 kilowatt hours a month. If your home or business consumes around 1,000 kilowatt hours per month (a pretty fair estimate), that means that you can supply basically half your energy needs every month. <strong>Thus, you save around $60 per month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Put that $60 figure (or whatever you came up with) into context.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dozens, possibly hundreds, of variables can impact your energy efficiency, costs, etc. These factors include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thermal efficiency of your roof<\/li>\n<li>Your personal energy needs<\/li>\n<li>Seasonal changes<\/li>\n<li>Quality of <a title=\"Bay Area Solar Installation\" href=\"http:\/\/noutilitybill.com\">solar tile installation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Whether you use \u201csmart\u201d controls or not<\/li>\n<li>Whether you ever need to repair\/upgrade\/re-install\u00a0solar tiles<\/li>\n<li>Whether you add more solar capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Simplify your quest for better energy by connecting with experts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team here at Century Roof &amp; Solar in the Bay Area has an exquisitely adapted system to help homeowners and business owners like you maximize efficiency and costs. 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