This modern home design, called Solar Homestead has fully designed by
Appalachian State University 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.
Inspired by traditional Appalachian settlements is called Solar Homestead. It’s a
traditional settlement lifestyle that is combined with modern
clean-energy technology. There are six outbuilding modules connect to form
the Great Porch. House features
two bedrooms, a day-lit bathroom, energy-efficient appliances,
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 8.2-kW
trellis of bifacial solar cells on outdoor living space. The Solar Homestead house has
forty-two bifacial photovoltaic panels to provide solar energy,
on-demand solar thermal domestic hot water system provide constant water
temperature, and a trombe wall that can store heat and release it at
night. This house was designed for residents
of Asheville, North Carolina by Appalachian State University
and participated in U.S. Department of
Energy Solar Decathlon 2011.
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