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Texas Solar Homes Can Cut Costs - Report
With nearly 2.2 million new homes likely to be built in Texas in the next twenty years, a new report finds that building these homes with energy-efficient technology and solar energy systems would reduce homeowners’ energy bills by $5.4 billion—a net savings of $480 per household per year.Environment Texas Research and Policy Center’s report, Building for a Clean Energy Future, also demonstrated that homes with energy efficient and solar technologies would cut pollution and save water.
The report finds that by 2030, Texas would:
* Reduce homeowners’ energy bills by more $5.4 billion. With incentive programs available now, a net-zero energy home could cost about $40 per month less to own than a standard home.
* Save more than 25 billion kilowatt hours per year--eliminating the need to build seven large (500 MW) coal-fired power plants.
* Prevent 18 million metric tons of global warming pollution, the equivalent of making one of every six cars and trucks in Texas pollution-free.
* Cut smog pollution by 7.5 million pounds.
* Save 10 billion gallons of water.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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