Sun Run: The Power Company Pays Marian at a Remarkable Passive/Active Solar Home
Sun Run: The Power Company Pays Marian at a Remarkable Passive/Active Solar Home
When we first filmed her, Marian Peleski showed us how she payed only $2 or so for electricity many months in her custom-designed solar home.
Since then, it has gotten even better. She installed a solar hot water system (vacuum tube design) which is difficult in the cloudy East Coast of the U.S. With reduced hot-water consumption, her electric bills 'went negative' - so the power company has to pay her for her renewable energy generation!
Most importantly, she is getting payed to generate clean energy.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) compensates her for her Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) - and since her solar system is long paid-for, this is great, especially as Marian is retired on a fixed income.
She shows how a great solar home works - especially how heat moves. Passive design makes a spring-like shell, with a comfortable living place inside.
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 3/20/2006 Language: English Run Time: 28 min. 30 sec. Story Level 2 = Children may need to ask their parents about the meaning of the Story
CC Developing Nations This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Developing Nations license.
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