“An Epic Challenge” | Apartments That Are Off-Grid and 100% Renewable, Using Vehicle-to-Grid Battery Back-Up, Cost Effective Embodied Carbon Reduction, Passive House Envelope and Power Efficient Appliances

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Redwood Energy (redwoodenergy.net) designed North America’s first Net Positive apartments (2011) and first New Positive subdivision (2014), won the Grand Prize World Habitat Award from the United Nations (2016), and their Managing Principal, Sean Armstrong, was inducted into the California’s Hall of Fame for Clean Energy Champions (2022).

Sean will be presenting on their most advanced design practices in the context of a 131-unit apartment complex in Petaluma, CA, that has been funded by the State of California and the Department of Energy to be off-grid, 100% renewably powered, using vehicle-to-grid battery back-up, carbon reduction measures (e.g. cork siding), with a Passive House envelope and appliances chosen for their peak power use, not just their ongoing energy efficiency.