Prakash & Krithika House

3901 Woodlawn Lane
Plano, TX 75025

Tour Hours: 10am - 4pm

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While many are in denial, the science has been very clear for decades now, with respect to Global Warming and Climate Change.

It is time to cut our carbon footprint so that one can leave behind a habitable planet for the next generation...

 

Renewable energy features

Solar PV

kW: 16.28
Installation date: 44 panels (4 strings) installed on June 21, 2014, 11 panels (1 string) in October 2015
Installer: Universal Solar Power    http://www.universalrenewable.com/

Equipment

Panels have 25 year third party warranty and SMA Inverter has 15 year warranty.
33 Renesola panels (295 W each) on the West roof, 22 Renesola Panels panels (11 - 300 W each, 11 - 295W each) on the East roof. SMA Inverter Sunny Boy 11000-TLUS

Retail Electric Provider

Green Mountain Energy https://www.greenmountainenergy.com/

Energy Monitoring

Home Energy Consumption Equipment: Rainforest automation EAGLE ZigBee Gateway installed late September 2014.

Green features

  • LED/CFL bulbs throughout the house
  • Attic insulated to R49
  • Radiant Barrier Roof Sheathing
  • West facing windows are low e 360, others low e 270
  • 2016 Nissan Leaf

 

Host Comments

While many are in denial, the science has been very clear for decades now, with respect to Global Warming and Climate Change.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio.  It is time to cut our carbon footprint so that one can leave behind a habitable planet for the next generation.  We don’t need to choose energy sources that leave behind polluted air and water, devastate areas where these sources are extracted from the earth, create drought, wreck our normal weather patterns and produce storms of increasing severity.  Especially when it makes no economic sense to do so.

We installed a 12.98 kW system in June 2014 and added another 3.3 kW in October 2015 to take it to 16.28 kW.  Electrical load includes 2 air conditioners (3 ton and 4 ton) a pool pump that runs 8 hours each day, a pool cleaner pump that runs 2 hours each day, electric cooktop, 2 microwaves, 2 ovens, dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer, electric kettle, toaster, hair dryers, Nissan Leaf.

The table below shows the Electricity bills for 2016

The table below shows detail on electricity production and use for the past 3 years (July 9, 2014 – July 9, 2017).

Power generation information can be seen at https://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPage.aspx?page=5fd2897c-cf9c-4b01-93e5-faa62d63e292