Solar | Home Design Find - Part 3
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  • Thumbnail image of Zero Energy Prefab Homebuilder Takes LEED

    Zero Energy Prefab Homebuilder Takes LEED

    Solar roofs and geothermal ground heat exchange are the primary energy providers. The home is designed to produce its own solar electricity, but to be linked to the grid, which acts as a giant 100% efficient storage medium, to store any excess energy produced for use later, however, this prefab could be set up as a self generating zero home in rural areas with no link to the grid, and provide its own energy.

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    Planet-Cooling Technology at Your Fingertips

    Here’s a charmingly altruistic idea for those of us who would love to help to green the grid but can’t afford to invest in a full roof of solar panels just to lavish lots of climate-friendly electrons on others — the Inlet-Outlet plug.

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    Zero Energy Home Glows Green When it’s Good for the Planet

    It’s not so hard to make your home an energy producer rather than an energy consumer.
    Solar on the roof, geothermal heat exchange in the ground, super insulation in all the walls and low emissivity glass windows.

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