Rivendell, A net-zero solar home in Harvard

User: richard.jenson@gmail.com

Vendor: Drive Green - Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Action: 2593 - Get Solar for your House!

We built Rivendell, our net-zero solar home in Harvard in 2017 and moved in by Christmas. Each year our solar panels generate almost 20 megawatt hours of electricity - enough to heat, cool and illuminate our home, cook our food (induction stove top), and feed our electric vehicles (Chevy Bolts). In addition we feed 2 megawatt hours of EXCESS back to National Grid. We burn no petroleum products and have 32 kilowatt hours of battery storage to run our home overnight or in the event of a power interruption. Our air source heat pump regulates the environment in summer and winter, with a woodstove for back-up in arctic conditions. Twelve inches of (open and closed cell) spray foam insulation keeps the outside and inside air separate.