The planet is facing the threat of global warming and everyone seems to be concerned about it. People are altering their lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprint and taking every possible effort to ensure that the Earth remains as green and beautiful as it is. After exploiting the nature for a long time under the guise of development, the architects have finally understood the importance of conserving the environment and are now resorting to greener ways of development.
Taking a step forward towards ensuring a healthy biosphere, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has tied up with Woodside Homes in a deal to build approximately 1,500 new solar homes. These homes would be completely equipped with greener solutions to minimize electricity and fuel consumption while also reducing pollution. The solar energy efficient equipment would be fitted in these houses which will power the energy requirements. The California utility company has planned to contribute $6000 per house for the solar energy efficient equipments. This utilization of alternative energy is expected to reduce 60% from the resident’s electricity bill as well as reduce grid load of up to 2 megawatts off peak demand. The construction of these houses is set to begin this year and predicted to be completed by 2012.
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