Attic Fan: Solar vs. Electric

Last month we wrote about installing an attic fan to save some cash on your energy bills.  For those of you who missed that, the concept behind an attic fan is simple: in the Summer, attics will heat up to well above the outside temperature (up to 150 degrees).  When this happens, the attic transfers heat to the top floor of your house.  The job of an attic fan: exchange the extremely hot attic... 

Attic Fans | Install an Attic Ventilation Fan for Energy Savings

An attic fan is a fan that circulates air from the outside of the house through the attic of the house. The goal is to reduce the temperature of the attic, and therefore reduce the convective and radiant heat transferred to the top living floor of the house.  This, in turn, reduces the amount of energy that must be expended on cooling the home in the Summer.  (Note that there is no real benefit...