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Power Surplus
This net-zero-plus design can spare some solar for the electric car.
BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF west Connecticut custom home builder whose company, Revival
Homes, has built a solid reputation over 30 years of constructing
OCUSING ON TOTAL COST of ownership helped high-efficiency luxury custom and antique reproduction homes.
builder David Jones earn his first-ever Housing “There is a perception that ‘green’ or high-performance homes
Innovation Award from the U.S. Department of are something that only the wealthy can afford,” Jones says. “We
Energy for a home he constructed in Litchfield, wanted to design a house that would shatter that perception, both
Conn. The 1,380-square-foot home—the Perkins Road when considering the initial cost of construction and even more
House—was Jones’ first to be certified to the DOE importantly when considering the total cost of ownership, which
F Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program. And it we defined as initial construction costs plus energy costs plus
was the first home that could be classified as “affordable” for the maintenance costs.”
CREDIT: REVIVAL HOMES
Bargain shopping. Revival Homes’ builder David Jones wanted to change the perception of green homes being only for the affluent by
building the Perkins Road House, one that was affordable for the average resident.
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