[Greenbuilding] renewable-energy ready homes

[Shawna Henderson]

Hi all

Working on a project to outline the requirements for RE-ready homes 
(limited to these systems: a standard 2 collector or 30tube solar 
thermal system, <2kW PV (grid-tie with and without battery backup) and 
<5kW wind).

If anyone has experience with new residential construction that includes 
RE-ready measures, please let me know if you would be willing to either 
discuss on this forum or have me contact you directly and confidentially.

Would like to hear about the measures taken to make a new home RE-ready. 
Impacts on site planning, space planning, plumbing, wiring, etc.

What guidelines, standards, regulations were involved?

Some of the other questions I'm looking at are:

Is 'solar ready' or 'wind ready' a realistic selling point?

Are there any stats on the uptake? How many RE-ready homes were sold, 
how many RE-ready homes are now RE-powered homes, what was the time 
period between purchase of RE-ready home and installation of the system 
itself?

I will post the results if folks are interested.


Thanks so much

Shawna Henderson
principal
Abri Sustainable Design & Consulting
Halifax, NS