Fresh on the heels of my heating systems reconciliation post, I want to go back for a moment and talk about our plans downstream to incorporate sustainable energy into our overall plans for the cabin.
While the goal is more about efficiency and economics in the first phase of our work on the cabin, downstream we'd like to find ways to use some of the emerging technologies out there to power the place, or provide hot water.
A future post will share some photos from the Solar Decathlon we visited this weekend on the Mall in DC, the url is http://www.solardecathlon.org/ - it runs through Saturday 10/20 for readers who would still like to visit.
Additional resources:
http://www.blueegg.com/
http://www.yoursolarhome.com/
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
The two most likely apps for us are going to be passive heating that will impact how much propane we'll need to use during the winter (we are lucky to have a great southern orientation on the place!) and solar water heating for the pool.
More to come.
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