Each of the 10 homes have been retrofitted with a suite of electrical and hybrid heating technologies depending on the specific home.
Homeowners were selected based on a number of criteria including:
Size of home
Suitability of roof to host solar panels
Type of home heating and cooling system
Having multiple, independent electrical and thermal energy solutions in one house requires an energy management system to aggregate and dispatch these resources throughout the house.
The electrical equipment is designed to create, store and deliver electricity and includes:
Battery storage system
Specific electrical components include:
Solar panel module
Solar inverter
Solar integration system
The hybrid heating system components vary depending on the home and are designed to:
Thermal equipment varies by home and includes one of two packages.
Package one:
Tankless gas water heater
Air handling unit
Air source heat pump
Micro combined heat and power with external transformer
Storage tank
Package two:
High efficiency boiler
Air handling unit
Air source heat pump
Storage tank