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GREEN HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

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BY ALAN NADITZ AND
GREEN BUILDER STAFF the Year for 2019, went to its solar operations vertical end walls to collect and help generate
installer, Cascadia Solar. that amount of energy. Some of that power,
EOPLE WHO LIVE in According to community officials, each about 20,000 watts from 72 solar panels,
rental units don’t have home at The Walk is designed with enough also goes to electric car chargers within
control over how green solar capability to provide more renewable the development. The chargers, which can
their residences are. So, energy than it uses. Electricity bills are reduced each handle eight cars, are free for use by
developers of The Walk– significantly or almost entirely, depending on residents.
how much energy a resident uses.
According to Aric Ohana, co-founder
P Bainbridge, a 52-unit “If you like numbers, the total solar is of Envoy Technologies, supplier of the
net zero townhome project in 208,000 watts of panels, which will produce chargers, the goal is to “encourage the
Bainbridge, Washington, took it approximately one quarter million kilowatt use of electric cars, thus further reducing
upon themselves to make things hours of AC electricity annually,” The Walk a resident’s impact on the planet
as eco-friendly as possible. states on its website. “If you want a really big and eliminating unnecessary expenses.” The
number, that is 250 million watts of energy company has also supplied an Envoy BMW
The Walk is, to date, the largest privately produced. These numbers are equivalent to i3 electric vehicle (EV) for use by residents
developed multifamily rental community on saving more than 2.5 tons of coal per home; who do not have their own transportation.
Bainbridge Island to register for Zero Energy and community wide, replacing more than
certification through the International 80 tons of coal per year.” THE TOWNHOUSE EXPERIENCE
Living Future Institute. Another major Cascadia discreetly installed a series The Walk has other sustainable elements.
award, the APsystems Residential Project of of micro-inverters on roofs, awnings and Each townhouse, a product of Bainbridge

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