Click here for Mobile Site: http://m.cbs4denver.com
  • Font Size    
Advertising
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Colorado Home Produces More Power Than It Uses

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +    Comments
Mar 2, 2010 8:32 pm US/Mountain

Colorado Home Produces More Power Than It Uses

Reporting
Stan Bush
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) ― A company in the Colorado mountains is building a home unlike any other. It will be so energy efficient it won't need to be hooked up to the power grid.

"The home will actually produce more energy in any given year than it will consume," home builder John Rath said.

When it's finished it will be an 8,000 square foot "net zero" house, putting more energy back into the system than it uses.

"It's a 17 kilowatt system that's been modeled to get to achieve the zero net energy," Rath said.

The roof will be covered in solar panels. Geothermal tubes will both heat and cool the house and thick insulation on every wall will make it run efficiently. The system will all work together with electronics.

"If the energy monitor says that it's pulling too much energy, it will reset the heat thermostats down, as well as the lighting, it will go down 15 or 20 percent."

Even before it's completed the house will be built on its own power.

"As soon as those systems will be installed to the infrastructure that's in place, then it will start producing its own energy."

Homebuilders say the technology is not just for luxury homes and it could start showing up in smaller homes in the near future.

(© MMX CBS Television Stations, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

Curious & Controversial News

Add Comment

here. here. Need a log in? Register here
  •  * Will not be displayed with comment
  •  * e.g. (http://www.mywebsite.com)
  •  
  • Click here to refresh with new letters

Show Comments (0)

Close Window Login


Close Window Flag Comment


loading...
You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Consumer

Top News Stories

© MMX, CBS Television Stations Inc. All Rights Reserved.