Wisdom Way Solar Village: Design, Construction, and Analysis of a Low Energy Community

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1050129· OSTI ID:1050129

Aldrich, R

This report describes work conducted at the Wisdom Way Solar Village (WWSV), a community of 10 high performance duplexes (20 homes) in Greenfield, MA, constructed by Rural Development, Inc. (RDI). Building America's CARB team monitored temperatures and comfort in several homes during the winter of 2009-2010, and tracked utility bill information from 13 occupied homes. Because of efficient lights,appliances, and conscientious home occupants, the energy generated by the solar electric systems exceeded the electric energy used in most homes.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1050129
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-5500-53564; DOE/GO-102011-3484; KNDJ-0-40342-00; TRN: US201218%%645
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, Connecticut
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
APPLIANCES
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
OCCUPANTS
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR ENERGY
HOUSES
CARB II
Wisdom Way Solar Village
Rural Development
Inc.
net zero
near zero
solar energy efficiency
residential
residential buildings
Building America