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A Home That Produces Energy Rather Than Just Consumes It

So.  Put solar panels on every inch of the roof of a highly insulated, high energy efficiency house.  Install cistern to catch rainfall runoff for gardening and maintaining a xeriscaped landscape.  Carefully use recycled materials and new materials so there's a minimum of waste as a result of the construction.  Have the house planned and inspected under the scrutiny of three different independent environmental and energy non-profits for certification.

Sounds like one of my pipe dreams?  Nope.  It's been done here in Houston.  Its the first triple LEEDS house in Houston, the Drummond House.

According to the Code Green House website the efficiencies can be scalable down to 2000 Square feet. Just my size.  

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