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Tour a Net Zero Energy Home
By Solar energy | September 2, 2008
Perhaps you’ve heard of net Zero Energy Homes (ZEH) before. These homes create as much energy as they use. In fact, when connected to the utility grid, the meters on these houses spin backward when generating more energy than they are using.
What does a net Zero Energy Home look like? Are the people who live there doing without basic necessities? Are they cold in winter and hot in summer? Do the houses resemble space ships with all the funny panels attached at different angles?
If you are near Knoxville, Tennessee, in early October, you can actually tour a real home that produces as much energy as it uses.
Homeowner, David Bolt, is hosting a tour of his 30-year-old renovated home. Using earth friendly renovation, his home has produced more energy than it has used since April 2006. He says the house is a big experiment and he continues to make changes that increase the home’s energy efficiency.
To see a picture of the house and read further about particular renovations, go to the Sustainable Future site and click the “open house” link on the left side of the page.
If you are in the Knoxville, Tennessee, area and want to see a net Zero Energy Home for yourself, here are the particulars:
Date: Saturday October 4, 2008
Time: from 10:00 am to 1:00pm
Address: 2315 Sugar Grove Valley Road, Harriman, TN 37748
He does request that you let them know you’re coming by sending an email. You may also contact them by phone if you have questions.
Contact Kerry Saltmarch
kSaltmarch@SustainableFuture.biz
865.684.4426 (daytime phone)
If you tour this house, please leave us a comment. Thanks!
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