Beyond providing Eric Doub and his family with simply the most comfortable home the ever have experienced, Solar Harvest represents a significant step in the evolution of ultra-high performance  home design.  Use the links below to download technical resources and press material to learn more about the home:

• July 2007 Press Release - reflecting on the home's performance during this year's hotter-than average summer and rational for installing advanced cooling systems, electric appliances, and additional PVs


• Energy Performance Monitor - view a live data display of Solar Harvest's energy systems and follow links to real-time graphs charting energy use for the past few hours

• UPDATED! Solar Harvest Poster - created for the Solar 2006 Conference, the printable poster graphically illustrates many prominant features of the home.
  

• Technical Specification Brochure - first released for the national tour of solar homes, this booklet details the diverse methods and materials used in building Solar Harvest.  Click here for a printable version. 

• Interactive Graphic: First published by the Denver Post

• Virtual Tours - a collection of Eric's "Virtual Tours" in PDF format presented to various conferences and lectures

• Energy Star Certificates and Test Results - Energy Star Certification test results completed by Lightly Treading of Denver verify Solar Harvest as the highest rated home in Colorado 

• 1887 Orchard PV Return on Investment and Payback Calculation: an excel spreadsheet calculating how many years will pass before the home's 6.84 kW PV system "pays for itself" at 4 different rates of energy rate increase. 

• Building Load Summary, Domestic Load Survey and Energy Use Analysis were all tools used by engineers to predict anticipated energy use and support that Solar Harvest does not need a back-up heat system.

• Major Specifications and September 2006 Press Release: a 2-sided summary of the home's unique construction and energy systems.

• Solar Harvest: First Year Milestones - a graph representing amount of energy generated since the net meter was installed in April, 2006 and a chronology of significant events in the home's first year.  Over 1,000 kWh of electricity generated & fed to the grid by October!

Solar Harvest was awarded the 2006 Renewable Energy and Sustainable Design in Buildings Award from the Colorado Renewable Energy Society on July 10, 2006.  Click here to read the CRES Awards Press Release to learn more about Solar Harvest and other award winning energy efficient buildings.

Eric's award acceptance presentation to the Solar 2006 Conference in Denver is available for viewing in our "Educational Materials" page.  Click here to view this and other presentations given by Eric this year.