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From RenewableEnergyAccess.com, news<\/a> of Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity<\/a>‘s new Zero Energy House.<\/p>\n

[The house] combines energy efficient building design that reduces energy consumption with solar heat and power generation technologies that supply the home’s remaining energy needs.<\/p>\n

The project was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory<\/a> (NREL) and served partly to help kickoff Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman’s tour “Energizing America for Energy Security” last June 13 when the construction first began.<\/p>\n

As part of DOE’ s Building America Program<\/a>, NREL researchers designed the house using the latest research tools. The house features super-insulated 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-kW photovoltaic system is sized to produce excess energy in the summer to balance out winter consumption.<\/p>\n

“Together, we created a home that is not only comfortable and affordable, but uses less than half of the energy of a standard home while producing energy through renewable energy systems,” said NREL Director Dan E. Arvizu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First, it’s great to see a Secretary of Energy out actively promoting renewable development. Second, I wonder if this will become a common feature of Habitat homes. The organization is certain to have a lot of work in the wake of Katrina and Rita — could HH lead the way in sustainable rebuilding of storm-ravaged regions?<\/p>\n

Categories: renewable<\/a>, energy<\/a>, home<\/a>, habitat for humanity<\/a>, Denver<\/a>, NREL<\/a>, Katrina<\/a>, Rita<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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