The nonprofit group Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity on Friday unveiled the first geothermal and solar-powered home it has ever built in Utah and only the sixth such Habitat home in the entire world, said Executive Director Ed Blake.The four-bedroom, two-bathroom Taylorsville home is built with an underground geothermal system that runs a nontoxic form of glycol, a type of alcohol. In the winter, the glycol is sent to a heat pump in the home which then heats the air. In the summer, the process is reversed, which creates cool air, Blake said.
Solar panels also are installed on the roof that will produce electricity that can be stored in batteries as well as allow the family to accumulate credits for the power company.
The result of all these environmentally-powered features: total energy costs that don’t go over $25 per month.
"The reality is if we can lower her monthly utility payments by a hundred dollars a month, the impact on that family is huge," Blake said.
The cost of the house has not been determined yet, he said. But Taylorsville offered the .10-acre plot to Habitat for Humanity for just $5,000. Delta Airlines paid for the materials and provided volunteers to help build it, a process that began on Sept. 11. Salt Lake Tribune
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