Nashville, Tenn. (PRWEB) October 31, 2013 -- According to an Oct. 12, 2013, article from Discovery.com, Norwich (Conn.) University’s Delta T-90 House won the Affordability Contest during the recent sixth Solar Decathlon Contest.
The team spent two years building a solar-powered home – a modern log cabin designed specifically for New Englanders as a way to reduce the high fuel costs that come from heating old homes – for an estimated $168,385.
The Norwich University team kept costs down by using 16-inch walls with deep-set windows that minimize heat loss, as well as a mini-split heat pump HVAC system that has a single supply diffuser for compact heating and cooling, avoiding the need for ductwork or obvious mechanical elements.
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The system includes six videos demonstrating how to build a solar panel, including choosing the right materials, finding the right site for the system and avoiding costly mistakes, as well as two instruction manuals with step-by-step, illustrated directions. It also includes four videos and two instruction manuals detailing how to build a wind turbine.
The company says that installing solar panels and a wind turbine at one’s home will cut energy costs by as much as 75 percent. On average, the costs are under $200 to build a solar panel and under $200 to build a wind turbine. Consumers who purchase already-made solar panels and wind turbines spend three to four times that amount. The time commitment to build a solar panel ranges from two to four hours, with the first one requiring more time than subsequent panels. A wind turbine requires a handful of hours to build.
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Check out this Patriot Headquarters blog to learn whether older and not-so-handy people should attempt to build their own solar panels.
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Tim Bates, Power4Patriots, http://www.power4patriots.com, 615-988-0775, [email protected]
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