Comments on: Solar Homes Sold 20% Faster, and for 17% More, NREL Study Finds

By: Scwebstuff

Scwebstuff — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:24:00 +0000

Erm. I’m confused. In the first paragraph, you say sold 20% faster and for 17% more money, but further down, you reverse that. Which is it?

By: Maxie Coale

Maxie Coale — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:54:40 +0000

Great findings! Just another benefit of using clean and green energy and energy efficient products and methods.

By: Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:06:20 +0000

This study is defintily outdated and the numbers are better today. PV modules have come down nearly 30% in the past 11 months. Also homes can be built much tighter today with greater insulation also reducing their kWh as seen in Clarion Homes. I would venture today that a 6kW PV system was about the same price as a 3kW system in 2006.

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By: Daysi - DaylightGifts.com

Daysi - DaylightGifts.com — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:37:51 +0000

I agree with the fact that solar PV and solar thermal systems should be included in the price for all new homes, because it leaves less decisions for the customer to make and more savings in the long term.

By: Martin Steele

Martin Steele — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:52:02 +0000

In my opinion, I think it only a matter of time before the availability of renewable energy sources will become a greater selling point for residential sales than many other factors, such as new kitchens or bathrooms.

By: California Solar Engineering

California Solar Engineering — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:25:46 +0000

The reasons to go solar just keep mounting and its becoming just silly to let another day go by wasting money to the electric company.

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By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:55:55 +0000

It is the only large-scale study that has ever been done comparing sale speed and price among otherwise identical homes. I don’t think there have been too many opportunities since the great depression to re model that.

No, I don’t think a study of those results goes out of date.

It was serendipitous in that a solar evangelist joined the home building company and got solar on about half the model homes, as demo, and the NREL study discovered that if it was already on the home, it hastened sales speed, and raised sale price, and best (from my POV) raised the level of adoption of solar among people who normally don’t go solar.

By: Southern View Energy » Solar Homes sold faster than non-solar homes

Southern View Energy » Solar Homes sold faster than non-solar homes — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:34:46 +0000

[…] And while these new houses were priced at $380,000 to $500,000, they sold for as much as $600,000. more Share and […]

By: Doc Wheat

Doc Wheat — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:49:37 +0000

The study you link to is dated December 2006. Might these results be a bit out of date?

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By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:22:44 +0000

Great story, thanks!

By: Dr. Ben - Solar Inventor

Dr. Ben - Solar Inventor — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:55:45 +0000

In the mid ’80s, I worked with a builder who decided to include solar energy as a standard feature in all of his homes. He ended up building seventy homes in Jacksonville, NC, about twelve homes in Rome, GA, and five or six in Chapel Hill. Each house has passive and active solar systems. The passive solar system provides space heating during the day and the active solar system provides space heating and hot water in the evening or whenever the passive was spent. Some of these homes had solar fractions as high as 80%!
During this time, solar thermal systems were becoming accepted in the housing market as standard equipment. The market was maturing with proven technology. Unfortunately, the federal government pulled the rug out from under us by repealing the solar tax credits. Most of the marketplace collapsed as a result.
Europe was going through some energy problems of its own but continued to push for energy conservation and solar energy. To my understanding, Germany has mandated solar hot water systems on all new construction. Europe is now way ahead of the US in the adoption of solar therm systems and is selling their equipment to us.

Let’s get it right this time!
Dr Ben