Carlisle house: an all-solar-electric residence

• Main Author: Nichols, B.E.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; HOUSES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES; HEAT PUMPS; INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS; MASSACHUSETTS; PERFORMANCE; POWER RANGE 1-10 KW; SOLAR WATER HEATING; BUILDINGS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; HEATING; HEATING SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; POWER SUPPLIES; POWER SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; USA; WATER HEATING; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5985211; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5985211; https://doi.org/10.2172/5985211

The first solar photovoltaic house designed and constructed under the US Department of Energy's Solar Photovoltaic Residential Project has been completed. The house, which is powered by a 7-kWp photovoltaic system, will be used to assess the occupants' acceptance of and reactions to residential photovoltaic systems and to familiarize utilities, builders, developers, town building officials and others with issues concerning photovoltaic installations. The house is located on a two-acre lot in Carlisle, Massachusetts, approximately twenty miles northwest of Boston. Built by a local architect/developer team, the house includes energy conservation and passive solar features. It utilizes a roof-mounted, flat-plate PV array which operates in a two-way energy exchange mode with the electric utility. The energy conservation and passive solar features of this house are described and detailed description of the utility-interactive photovoltaic system is presented, along with initial performance data.