[Greenbuilding] Photovoltaics and EMFs

[Michael O'Brien]

Hi, Dan—

This issue comes up in the context of healthy homes. While I have met individuals convinced they can sense and are affected by fields, there isn’t much research on health effects of EMF from household or buildings energy applications. What there is can be found on the National Institute of Health web site. Research on high voltage transmission lines using sheep who were penned under them didn’t find abnormalities. 

For me, the fact that EMF field strength falls off geometrically, with the square of the distance, as it moves away from its source means humans only encounter very low strength exposures.

Best, Mike
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> On Jun 1, 2018, at 9:26 AM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Germans are in general way more concerned with EMFs than folks here in North America, at least in my experience. Germany also has more PV than just about anywhere, so right off I'd venture that run of the mill PV doesn't seem likely to have EMF issues or the Germans would have raised a ruckus.
> 
>> On Friday, June 1, 2018, Antonioli Dan <solardan26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Someone recently told me that you shouldn’t put PV systems on roofs because they produce a massive and unhealthy amount of EMFs that get into your home. They heard this from a naturopathic doctor and were pretty much convinced of it. I’ve done a casual search online for articles that would address this but there’s not much and the test results seem inconclusive. I pointed out that if they were concerned about EMFs they should consider all of the AC wiring in their home and all of the appliances, etc. An electric stove kicks out a lot of EMFs, but people tend to obsess over specific things, like smart meters, etc. 
>> 
>> Has anyone researched PV and EMFs? Or measured it?
>> 
>> Dan Antonioli
>> Laytonville Ecovillage
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