DFW Solar Home Tour

Date/Time
10/06/2012
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Tour Host
North Texas Renewable Energy Group
Mellen West
Phone: 2147075161
www.dfwsolarhometour.org

Registration Location
Clemens House
4015 Toulouse Dr
Arlington, TX 76061
United States

Tour Fee
Free

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DFW Solar Home Tour 2012

At host’s request visiting hours are 10am -1pm.  Please don’t arrive after 1pm.

Clemens House
4015 Toulouse Drive
Arlington, TX
76016

This home is unique because it is a rental property with renewable energy features.

Hosts: Yekang Ko and Junka Lee
Owner: Brien Clemons

Solar PV
kW: 8.16
Installation date: December 20, 2011
Installer: Applied Solar LLC (http://www.appliedsolar.net/)
Equipment: 32 Siliken 255 watt panels, 32 Enphase M215 inverters, Unirac SolarMount

Energy Monitoring
Installation date: December 20, 2011
Installer: Applied Solar LLC (http://www.appliedsolar.net/)
Equipment: Enphase Envoy

Host Comments:

Brien Clemens (Home Owner)
As the owner of a renewable energy Company, Applied Solar LLC, I wanted to be able to demonstrate the capabilities of solar for residential use. This home is energy neutral and provides economic as well as environmental benefits. The greatest promise of solar technology is to enable homeowners and commercial users to produce electricity for their own needs, including transportation via electric vehicles, while reducing the demand for fossil fuel-produced power and the economic uncertainty of increasing costs of electricity.

Yekang Ko & Junhak Lee (Tenants – occupied since August 10)
When we decided to move from San Francisco Bay Area to DFW this summer, one of our concerns was receiving huge energy bills. We heard that the average monthly electricity bill of a typical 1500 sq.ft single family home is about $200 in DFW. We were thrilled when we found this solar home is available for rent. Although we have lived here only 6 weeks, our first electricity bill of August 2012 was + $25 credit, which means that we earned $25 rather than paying bills as we generated more energy than we consumed. This miracle was possible because of large solar panels on the south-facing roof, an efficient HVAC system, and our energy-conserving life style. As professors who teach and research urban sustainability and the benefits of on-site renewable energy generation in cities, we are so glad that this home serves as an excellent educational site for our students at UT Arlington and for the public.