Unbiased solar electricity & hot water, efficient appliances, wetback, sustainable material advise – tour the Solar Energy House, Meadowbank, Auckland.
In 1998 the Florida Solar Energy Center began its Zero Energy Homes research program in collaboration with the City of Lakeland municipal utility and builder Rick Strawbridge. Two homes, one the builder’s standard model (the Control) and the other a super-energy-efficient photovoltaic residence (PVRES), were constructed and tested on a side-by-side basis for more than a year.