Renewable Energy Homes Still A Dream of the Future

Built under the Department of Energy’s Building America Program, “The house features superinsulated walls, floors, and ceilings; efficient appliances; a solar water heating system; heat-recovery ventilation system to assure indoor air quality; compact fluorescent lighting; and windows coated with thin layers of metallic oxide to help keep heat in during the winter and out during the summer. The home’s 4-kilowatt photovoltaic system is sized to produce excess energy in the summer to balance out winter consumption,” according to the NREL website.

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