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A model solar home was recently available for study as part of the solar cooperatives educational outreach. The home’s solar retrofit was completed this year at a cost of $25,000. However, with rebates and tax advantages that cost was later reduced to the homeowner to only $14,000. An additional $3,000 is now available to reduce that cost even further and as new laws advance green energy we expect prices to go down in the future. In addition, Georgia has very low interest loans available for such investments, which makes solar a competitive alternative to grid based energy.
The solar panels generate 8-9 kilowatt hours of electricity per day even when it is cloudy as it is light activated and will continue to do so through the winter because temperature is irrelevant. When more electricity is being produced than is being used, the electricity generated is delivered back into the grid for others to use and the meter runs backwards giving credit for the electricity contributed to the grid. Solar is effective for community grids to generate energy for multiple unit living.
Even with no change in life style, two kids, two pets that require lights and heaters, several computers and an extra refrigerator, the solar units often provide 90% of the home’s electricity needs.
The payback on an investment in solar power depends on the cost of electricity. Based on current prices it is anticipated that an off grid solar installation will pay for itself in reduced electricity costs in 10 years; importantly the solar panels are good for at least 25 years, resulting in significant long term net savings. Turn your real estate investment into a green opportunity. Solar can set your house in front of the herd and pay for themselves by increasing your home’s selling price.
Efforts such as designer’s challenges and model home studies help educate people as to the environmental necessities for changing our conduct to save the earth, the very real contributions people can make in that effort, and the true long term economics of making such changes, are precisely what is needed. It is ultimately the conduct of all of the people on earth that will determine our future.