Catalog Offers Complete Mail-Order Solar Home Kit
April 26, 2010 01:00:00 AM MDT -- Boulder, CO
Real Goods Solar Inc. has been selling solar panels for years to people who want to live off the grid. Its latest catalog goes one step further: It offers a mail-order solar house, with a choice of traditional or cedar siding.
The factory-built, single-story house by Boulder-based Solar Village Homes goes for $90,000 to $120,000. At 935 square feet, it boasts energy-efficient and energy-producing features that include solar electrical and hot-water systems. A Real Goods energy system includes the solar panels, wiring and conduit.
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In January, residents of three affordable housing complexes in San Francisco began benefiting from a solar power system installed through California Solar Initiative’s Multi-family Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) program. Plaza East Apartments and Hayes Valley North and South are part of an 11-site renewable energy project being developed by Sunwheel Energy Partners (Sunwheel), an affiliate of McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS). Residents at each property will receive 50 percent of the energy produced by the solar system free of charge. As an added benefit, Sunwheel’s partner in the project, Real Goods Solar (Real Goods) hired residents to install the solar panels. To celebrate a project that reduced energy costs and provided jobs, Sunwheel, Real Goods, the city of San Francisco, funding partners and residents held a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Plaza East Apartments on January 25.
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