{"id":148,"date":"2008-07-16T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T18:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2020-04-26T16:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T00:41:28","slug":"residential-solar-panels-standard-in-some-master-planned-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/solar-energy\/residential-solar-panels-standard-in-some-master-planned-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential Solar Panels Standard in Some Master Planned Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GeosI\u2019ve already talked about how residential solar panels<\/a> are getting cheaper in California. But, imagine now not only a new home that already has solar panels installed, but the whole neighborhood.<\/p>\n

This is what is taking place in Colorado between Denver and Boulder with the Geos<\/a> master-planned eco-community. Residential solar panels on all of the homes that are being built will account for 65-percent of the electrical offset. Other energy savings will come from geothermal, design, heat recovery and other methods in order to provide 100-percent of the energy required by this community.<\/p>\n

And, the homes in this master-planned community are not just for the rich and famous. These photovoltaic equipped eco homes will start at around $200,000 making them affordable as well as energy efficient and sustainable. The houses will be placed in a checkerboard pattern in order to retain solar efficiency and storm water conservation will also be employed.<\/p>\n

Now, not everyone will want to wait for solar power to be built into a community near them. For the rest there are DIY projects<\/a>, professional installation or checking to see if companies offering purchase power agreements have come to your community.<\/p>\n

But, the Geos Neighborhood is another step in the right direction of developing homes and communities with solar power right from the get-go. Over time, solar homes and sustainable living will become a mainstreamed part of our culture. Until that time, however, we must build it one house and one neighborhood at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve already talked about how residential solar panels are getting cheaper in California. But, imagine now not only a new home that already has solar panels installed, but the whole neighborhood. This is what is taking place in Colorado between Denver and Boulder with the Geos master-planned eco-community. Residential solar panels on all of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-energy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t