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| In 2008, ECS Solar Energy Systems won the South Eastern Builder’s Conference Grand Aurora Award for Solar Home of The Year (picture below). The 1772 heated sq. ft. home with 3150 watts of solar power is being monitored by the Florida Solar Energy Center. During the hottest summer months, the home produced and sold back to the grid as much energy as it used. The solar water heater is producing 98% of the homes requirements and this eliminated 25% of the homes utility bills. Seventy-five percent of the bill was eliminated because of energy efficient features built into the home by Ken Fonorrow, President of Florida Hero and member of the Dept. of Energy Building America Team. Ken used an integrated whole house approach design that enabled the home to be healthy, comfortable, and energy efficient. |
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Normally a 3150 watt system would only produce 20% of a 1772 square foot home’s requirement when built to minimum Florida requirements. The solar electric system would have to been over 15,000 watts of power for a 1772 sq. ft. home built to minimum Florida building standards as of 2008. The message is that you can build a Zero Energy Home of 1700 to 2800 square feet heated and cooled with 3200 to 5000 watts of solar electric power and a solar hot water system, if you reduce your home’s power requirements. |
2003 Aurora Award Winner
Tom
Lane, president of Energy Conservation
Services (ECS) of North Florida, Inc.,
was recognized by the Southeastern
Builders Association for pioneering the
use of advanced solar power technology
in home energy use in 2003.
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