Peformance of an off-grid solar home in northwestern vermont

摘要

In 1995 an off-grid integrated solar home was built in Middlesex, VT for Peter Clark and gloria DeSousa. This home was included as a pilot home in the U.S.D.O.E. PV:BONUS program to develop factory-built integrated solar homes. The home incorporates a 1.44 KW PV system, 0.6 KW of wind turbine capacity, and very high-efficiency electrical loads. The home also features passive solar design, high-efficiency heating systems, and a greenhouse-based septic treatment ystem. The performance of the PV system and the wind system, and the ttoal power usage of the household, are measured and recorded by a data acquisition system. The home's electrical loads have operated very efficiently, using on average about one tenth the power used by the average American residence. The PV system has operated reliably and efficiently providing about 97