Comments on: Solar energy moving in Michigan, but slowly http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/06/15/solar-energy-moving-in-michigan-but-slowly/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: solar panels http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/06/15/solar-energy-moving-in-michigan-but-slowly/comment-page-1/#comment-513 solar panels Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:51:46 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=1941#comment-513 Well,i believe more solar pojects will be launched in michigan in the next couple years. Well,i believe more solar pojects will be launched in michigan in the next couple years.
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]]> By: Eric Hughes, Image Design LLC http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/06/15/solar-energy-moving-in-michigan-but-slowly/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Eric Hughes, Image Design LLC Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:48:11 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=1941#comment-506 Great article but I'll have to disagree with several of Mr. Schwartz comments. 1. That "renewable-energy homes aren’t being built in the state yet". We have 3 renewable energy homes completed, 2 under construction and 15 in design all of them to LEED for Homes certifications. 2. That “Those are going to be more expensive homes". The home I'm giving the link to below was built very affordable, before the $22,000 in tax credits that this house qualified for, the cost was at $136 a square foot. There is nothing on this house that is not custom and it also has geo thermal, solar hot water system, and almost 4kW of PV Solar. After the tax credits, the house nets about $126 a square foot. This is about the same price if not below what most builders in the state are building standard homes for. 3. That “We just won’t have the technology to do that in the next 15 to 20 years.” I disagree we are putting these technologies on all of our homes now. I know of several other architect's and builders in this state doing the same thing were doing. See the links below to a near zero energy home here in Michigan. http://www.prairiemod.com/prairiemod/2009/05/taking-the-leed-in-pawpaw.html#more http://imagedesignllc.blogspot.com/2009/04/vineyard-project-is-now-complete.html Sincerely, Eric Image Design,LLC www.imagedesignllc.blogspot.com Great article but I’ll have to disagree with several of Mr. Schwartz comments.

1. That “renewable-energy homes aren’t being built in the state yet”. We have 3 renewable energy homes completed, 2 under construction and 15 in design all of them to LEED for Homes certifications.

2. That “Those are going to be more expensive homes”. The home I’m giving the link to below was built very affordable, before the $22,000 in tax credits that this house qualified for, the cost was at $136 a square foot. There is nothing on this house that is not custom and it also has geo thermal, solar hot water system, and almost 4kW of PV Solar. After the tax credits, the house nets about $126 a square foot. This is about the same price if not below what most builders in the state are building standard homes for.

3. That “We just won’t have the technology to do that in the next 15 to 20 years.” I disagree we are putting these technologies on all of our homes now. I know of several other architect’s and builders in this state doing the same thing were doing.

See the links below to a near zero energy home here in Michigan.

http://www.prairiemod.com/prairiemod/2009/05/taking-the-leed-in-pawpaw.html#more

http://imagedesignllc.blogspot.com/2009/04/vineyard-project-is-now-complete.html

Sincerely,
Eric

Image Design,LLC
http://www.imagedesignllc.blogspot.com

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