What makes us green?

• Vast array of innovative, energy saving items, from solar hot water and electric systems, to super-efficient on demand hot water heaters, to small wind turbines.
• Every single item at SEA is a sustainable version of an everyday product.
• SEA’s alternative options provide Seacoast consumers with real choices.
• A colossal effort made in the community and on the website in regards to energy conservation education
• Carries most efficient refrigerators, ranges and washing machines on the market, ultra-insulated hot water storage tanks, waterless, composting toilets and a zero-emissions electric scooter that goes 30 miles on a charge.
• Offers both solar thermal and solar PV
• 30% of every home’s fuel bill goes toward heating hot water. SEA’s systems provide 80% of a building’s hot water use for 30 years.
• Most residential solar hot water systems pay for themselves in 5-6 years, resulting in 25 years of “free” sun-powered hot water
• Depending on future fuel cost increases and the size of the system, solar can reap savings of $40,000 to $80,000 over the life of the system.
• A typical system costs approx. $8,000; about what you pay for an electric hot water heater and its electricity over 6 years.
• SEA’s systems are designed to maximize efficiency, with on-demand back-up heaters generating only what extra energy is needed and super-insulated thermal storage tanks minimizing heat loss.
• A solar hot water system will reduce yearly CO2 by 1,500 lbs. - a savings equal to 1,685 miles driven.
• Responsible energy use education is the cornerstone of SEA’s business strategy.
• Educational website champions conservation and efficiency as necessary partners to any alternative energy system.
• Owner speaks at every local Energy Committee on the Seacoast and gives monthly presentations on solar technology to community and residential groups. He offers workshops at the store, taking the extra time to educate, often without a purchase.
• Constant expansion of alternative energy inventory from pellet stoves to grey water heat recovery systems to the latest in LED lighting