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September 10, 2008 – Vol.13 No.25 SMUD, NREL and RJ Walter Homes Unveil Home with $24 Monthly Energy Bill. The “Home of the Future” was built by the partnership of Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and local builder RJ Walter Homes. The1940-square-foot-bungalow is meant to demonstrate to the building community and the home-buying public that attractive and ultra-energy-efficient homes can be built and marketed at reasonable prices. The home in Folsum, California, features 2 inch by 6 inch framing to allow more room for advanced insulation; solar electricity and solar hot water; LED lighting; very tight and conditioned attic space and walls: and advanced water-based air conditioner. The home also has an automation system that monitors home energy use, solar energy production, and water use and remotely controls the home’s lights, thermostat, and window blinds. The home’s framing was premade at a local factory, cutting down on waste, which could earn the home a LEED Platinum Certfication.
Monthly combined electric and gas bills are estimated to total less than $24 a month compared with $140 for a home built to current new-home standards, according to NREL, The home, completed in September,is expected to be listed at $679,000. SMUD, the nation’s sixth largest publicly owned utility, began partnering with homebuilders to build energy-efficient homes with solar electric systems in 2001 and has since partnered on more than 4,000 solar-powered homes in the SMUD territory. (9/10/08)
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Related: --- SMUD and Woodside Homes Agree to Build Almost 1,500 Solar Homes.
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