Solar and Harden Duplex

Our blog is about the social and technological experiment of living and working in the 2005 University of Texas Solar Decathlon house- SNAP house. The house is owned by Blackland Community Development Corporation and shares a lot with a 1930s cottage home. The purpose of the project is to test if the solar electric and thermal systems generate enough energy to provide affordable housing for both families.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Renewable Generation!

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Hey all- The solar electric system finally got fired up on Monday! Yes, we are now generating energy. Brief System Description: 42 BP 4175 ...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Visitors from Mexico

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On Friday, March 6th we had a wonderful group of students from a technical school in Mexico come visit our home. They will be participating...

Solar Water and PV Electrical Update- a bit of clarity

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It seems that there was a blurb in communication between us and BCDC about how the new hot water system will be working. According to Black...
Sunday, February 8, 2009

Lessons Learned- Learning Lessons about the hot water system

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Well, this past week we had a wonderful meeting with the folks at Blackland about the hot water system. It was agreed amongst us all that t...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Sharing Hot Water- Does it work?

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The Solar Harden Duplex is unique in many ways, one of them being a system set up to share hot water between the two buildings. Now that we...
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Stephanie and Adam Freeborg
Stephanie and Adam Freeborg are the first tenants in the 2005 SNAP house. The SNAP House is owned by Blackland Community Development Corporation (BCDC). The mission of BCDC is to preserve and enhance the residential integrity of the neighborhood. Toward that end, BCDC fosters development of housing, economic, health, recreation and education projects. BCDC presently has about 25 percent of the single-family units in the neighborhood. BCDC purchased the SNAP house from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005, after the students presented their home in Washington, D.C. for the DOE Solar Decathlon competition. (Please check out the post titled "Social History" to learn more about the previous life of this home.) This home is now being used as an energy generator by sharing it's solar electric and thermal with a 1930's home (Harden House) that resides in the front of the lot. Stephanie, a recent graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, Master of Sustainable Design program and Adam, is a seasoned carpenter will be living in the home for the first year to record the energy that is generated, work on unfinished projects, and give tours to the local community.
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