Solar Homestead by APPState University

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/solar-homestead-by-appstate-university.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Modern-Home-Design-Solar-Homestead" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wkDm9GFK8jwnJtQV7TPH3_ruFvb7Xmn_ze5BvHhgQkdLoAnkYfBJ-7PJlABtXUFW9X7ECbsZG8LhU8f_WMfrc0v-B4jV3cv0myNDnWhkTY4yKgSsqSigKdEBUOSPfORSoLFk6MnGYmk/s640/Modern-Home-Design-Solar-Homestead.jpg" title="Modern-Home-Design-Solar-Homestead" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/solar-homestead-by-appstate-university.html" target="_blank">This modern home design</a>, called Solar Homestead has fully designed by <a href="http://www.appstate.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Appalachian State University</a> for participating US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in 2011. The features of this home design are the high technologies that applied for its energy supply.</span></div><a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxHdsbwoNXu7xQewh31vtIvOzsU9pONjHdflG-yZIQ_i1l5b1MZ780Jh-_NzyiO7VmAjAHqIVn4mMq8X25S72GwXylpopbVKQSygdfrLpEKHUOBmCCydxk-TvNmBM4D8zLGVP_FzFRbc/s1600/Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxHdsbwoNXu7xQewh31vtIvOzsU9pONjHdflG-yZIQ_i1l5b1MZ780Jh-_NzyiO7VmAjAHqIVn4mMq8X25S72GwXylpopbVKQSygdfrLpEKHUOBmCCydxk-TvNmBM4D8zLGVP_FzFRbc/s640/Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" title="Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Inspired by traditional Appalachian settlements is called <a href="http://www.thesolarhomestead.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solar Homestead</a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a <i>traditional</i> settlement lifestyle that is <i>combined</i> with <i>modern clean-energy technology</i>. There are six outbuilding modules connect to form the Great Porch. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">House features</span>two bedrooms, a <i>day-lit</i> bathroom, <i>energy-efficient appliances</i>, and a versatile living and dining area, also includes an independent flex space that can be used as a home office, art studio, or guest quarters and <i>8.2-kW trellis of bifacial solar cells</i> on outdoor living space. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Solar Homestead</span> house has forty-two <i>bifacial photovoltaic panels</i> to provide solar energy, on-demand solar thermal domestic <i>hot water system</i> provide constant water temperature, and a <i>trombe</i> wall that can store heat and release it at night. This house was designed for <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">residents of Asheville</span>, North Carolina by </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Appalachian State University</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and participated in <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszXLUeiZyeU61mPhKymTBLAW5u0u0mVOgYaXOH3fGIHITcSmr6AjAQnaViVAjOKiCgJ8oR1UrO1IUrzNhucaxkVQ2aqLkxZ2c3-2HEOwCdyUGUo9hnT4pFNrAsaLCrsLUzj8PfiugVU0/s1600/Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszXLUeiZyeU61mPhKymTBLAW5u0u0mVOgYaXOH3fGIHITcSmr6AjAQnaViVAjOKiCgJ8oR1UrO1IUrzNhucaxkVQ2aqLkxZ2c3-2HEOwCdyUGUo9hnT4pFNrAsaLCrsLUzj8PfiugVU0/s640/Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" title="Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Solar Homestead by APPState University

This modern home design , called Solar Homestead has fully designed by Appalachian State University for participating US Department of Ener...

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