What Can You Do for the Earth?

There are so many possibilities:

• Volunteer at a beach or park clean-up
• Go to an Earth Day festival
• Change one habit to reduce waste and conserve resources
• Install VELUX Skylights or SUN TUNNELS to reduce day-time energy use
• Install solar panels on your home
• Help start a community garden
• Do something nice for the Earth

Check out the Earth Day Network for a history of Earth Day and more ways to celebrate the Earth every day. 

The 2015 HGTV Smart Home, featuring VELUX Skylights

The 2015 HGTV Smart Home premiers tonight! Check it out to see the featured VELUX Skylights in the Master Bedroom, Loft, and Bathroom. You can also visit the HGTV Smart Home page for video tours of each room.

Want these skylights in your home?

Call 707.527.5330 for a free day-lighting estimate.

Wretched Ridge-Light Bites the Dust

            Katherine and Tyler had an awful ridge skylight that was leaking in the rain and baking the house in the summer.  They contacted Naturalight Solar and we presented them with a design to install four VELUX VSS S01 solar operable, deck mount skylights with solar blinds. We removed the old skylight, re-configured the roof openings, installed and water-proofed the new skylights, and finished the interior.

The wretched ridge-light:

The New VELUX "Fresh Air" Skylights:

Katherine and Tyler are excited that the leaks are gone and overheating is a thing of the past.  They are also looking forward to a tax credit of approximately $6,600. The budget for the project, including permits, was approximately $22,000 and took about one week of on-site work. We just completed this project last week.

"1 Up" Your Home with Energy Efficiency Financing

Add life to your home:

PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Programs provide financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water efficiency improvemetns for homeowners. Many counties in California have at least one program, and some have two. You can visit the program websites to see if your home is eligible for financing. 

Program Perks:

• Loans are not based on credit scores
• No application fee 
• Apply Online
• Pay back through property taxes; loan stays with the property if sold
• Minimum project size is $5,000 with no maximum

VELUX SUN TUNNELs, VELUX Skylights, and SunRise Solar Attic Fans fall under the energy efficiency improvement category, so the installation of these products is eligible for financing through your city's program.

Sonoma County - SCEIP and CaliforniaFIRST

Napa County - CaliforniaFIRST and HERO 

Marin County - CaliforniaFIRST

Solano County - CaliforniaFIRST and HERO

SCEIP (Sonoma  County Energy  Independence Program)

CaliforniaFIRST

HERO Program -    Renovate America

Give Naturalight Solar a call to get a 

free estimate for your day-lighting project: 707.527.5330

Do You Have Potato Chips on Your Roof?

Plastic tube skylight flashings become brittle from exposure to the sun and rain, until they crack, kind of like potato chips. Crunchy, brittle potato chips are a delicious snack, but this quality is not so great in skylight flashings, which will leak when they crack and crumble.

VELUX SUN TUNNEL skylights have metal, one piece, seamless flashings, so you won't ever again have to worry about potato chip flashings on your roof. 

If your skylight flashings look like this, or you notice a leak, give us a call. Keep all your potato chips inside your home. 

      707-527-5330 or visit our website.

Center-Pivot VELUX Roof Window

The VELUX center-pivot (GGU) roof window is great for "in-reach" applications. Check out this video from "Living Big in a Tiny House" to see the center-pivot roof window in action in a tiny house.

You can find more details about VELUX roof windows HERE.

Too Hot & Too Dark...VELUX Solar "Fresh Air" Skylight to the Rescue

Is your home hot, stuffy, and dark?
See what a Velux solar "fresh air" skylight can do for you.

Summer days in the living room of this Santa Rosa home were unbearably hot and stuffy. With no way for the heat to escape, it rose to the ceiling and stayed there, overheating the whole room. Also, because of the wood interior, the room was quite dark. The owners decided to install a VELUX solar operable four by two foot "fresh air" skylight to get rid of the heat and brighten things up.

The skylight installation was completed in two days, with a total budget of $4,900. The VELUX solar operable "fresh air" skylight gives them the opportunity for a 30% federal tax credit of $1,470, reducing the net cost of the skylight addition to $3,430.

What was once an over-heated, dimly lit room now has lots of natural light and much better ventilation. 

We love our skylight. It has added much more than just light to our home. We can see the oak tree and feel a bit more of the outside beauty of our home. We LOVE how much hot air it lets out of a previously uncomfortably warm room. The rain sensor works every time, and we don't have to remember to close the skylight if rain is imminent. Thank you for the beautiful workmanship and attention to detail.                                                                                         ~Emily &Bryan

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