Montana Energy Star Solar Homes
Project
Combining
Efficiency and Renewable
Energy in New Home Design
Montana ENERGY STAR Solar Homes project
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Are
you an architect, builder, or Realtor looking for a way to make the
houses you design, build, or sell more appealing to potential
clients? Or perhaps a consumer planning to build a new home? One of
the smartest decisions you can make is to incorporate both ENERGY
STAR standards and solar energy into the home's design.
Not sure where to get started? There's help available! The
Montana ENERGY STAR Solar Homes project provides design assistance
to help incorporate both energy efficiency and solar into new home
construction, and to help educate your potential homebuyers
about their benefits.
During 2008, the project also will provide rebates to eleven
builders, homeowners, or verifiers within NorthWestern Energy’s service territory to help pay
for the cost of installed solar electric systems in new homes. To be eligible for the
$3,500 solar electric system incentive and the $300 ENERGY STAR Homes
Northwest (ESHNW) verification stipend, participating homes must be a
NorthWestern Energy electric customer and the house was required to be ESHNW-certified.
Incentive funding was
provided by NorthWestern
Energy’s Universal Systems Benefit Fund.
Montana Energy Star Solar Homes is administered by the National Center for Appropriate
Technology (NCAT) in Butte, with funding from NorthWestern Energy's Universal Systems Benefits Fund and DOE's Million Solar Roofs Initiative.
To request assistance, contact:
Montana Energy Star Solar Homes
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Phone: 406-494-4572 or toll-free 866-723-8677
For more information on solar design in new construction, read:
Montana Guide to Building ENERGY STAR Solar Homes
Developed by NCAT, this brochure helps builders and designers incorporate energy efficiency and solar energy features into new home construction. It discusses ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest, grid-connected photovoltaics, passive solar and solar tempering, solar water heating, and "solar ready" design features.
How to Build a Better Home in Montana With Solar Energy and Energy Efficiency
Learn more about incorporating solar and energy efficiency features into new home construction with this homeowner brochure developed by NCAT.
Montana Solar House--An Introduction to New Home Solar Design
This 44-page publication discusses ways to include solar features in new home design.
More About Energy
Star Homes Northwest
ENERGY
STAR Homes Northwest promotes the construction of new homes built to an energy efficiency
specification negotiated specifically for Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
and Washington.
 Natural
gas-heated homes built to this voluntary construction standard
reduce electricity use by about 20% and natural gas use by almost
40% compared to the state energy code. Homes with electric heat
built to the ESHNW standard have saved 60% on their electric use.
And, homes achieving ENERGY STAR certification are
independently verified, so your clients can rest assured, knowing
their new home will perform efficiently far into the future!
The ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest Program sponsors
builder workshops on energy-efficient new home construction every
Fall and Spring. These workshops offer the opportunity to learn from
building science experts how to build an energy-efficient home. For
more information, call (877) 298-2172.
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