Cheap electricity prices and grid access fees push our solar panel payback period to greater than 20 years. Local fuel…
Our heat pump water heater (hybrid water heater) in our Net Zero home has similar energy costs to gas fired…
The Mitsibushi ductless minisplit successfully heated our zone 4b house over some of Minnesotas coldest weather in many years. For…
Well we received quite a bit of snow over the last five days which makes collecting solar energy kind of…
By Matt We initially had a single smart meter from Peoples Cooperative that monitored how much energy we used and…
Since we had three sunny days right when they commissioned the system, and because of passive solar heating, allowing us…
Solar Connection came on Jan 3, along with two line-men from Peoples Energy Co-op to engage the solar panels with…
By Tracee Today I learned a new word: Friluftsliv. It’s a Scandanavian word meaning ‘free air life,’ and experienced when…
By Matt, We incorporated passive house design elements in the building of our net-zero home. The house is positioned with…
By Tracee The results are in! We’re very excited to share that our house achieved a -3 HERS rating score,…