Presentation at 2016 Massachusetts Sustainable Campuses and Communities Conference

1. Zero and Posi,ve
Net Energy Communi,es
April 16, 2016
R. Carter Scott
Transformations, Inc. Ayer, MA
(978) 597-0542
www.transformations-inc.com
Solar installations Zero Energy Communities Custom Homes

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3. Levels of carbon dioxide are rising at about 2 ppm per year
The Keeling Curve

4. We need to restore the Earth’s energy balance.
According to Dr. Hansen, recent long >me director of the NASA Goddard Ins>tute of Space
Studies, to do this we will need to reduce our carbon dioxide down to a level of 350 ppm.

5. Coppersmith Way, Townsend, MA

7. Farmhouse Parametric Modeling
-100
-50
0
50
100
150
200
250
MillionBtu/year(sourceenergy)
Heating Cooling Hot Water Lighting Other

8. Homes with full basements
Homes with slab on grade
2015 Transformations, Inc.
Building Sections
Standards
Drawn by
Building Science Corporation

9. Navien 180 instantaneous hot water heater

10. Mitsubishi inside unit
Model #MSZ-FE12NA (One 12,000 BTU head downstairs
and one 12,000 BTU head upstairs)

11. Mitsubishi Outside Units
Ø Two Model #MUZ-FE12NA condensers
Ø Set up off the ground

19. HERS Index of -36
Generated 16,545 kwh more electricity than used in a year

20. Includes a 17.28 kW solar system

21. A custom Home in Westborough, MA

22. 24 Unit Pocket Neighborhood
in Harvard, MA

23. Rendering looking towards the duplex homes
and the solar carport

24. Proposed Northampton, MA
Neighborhood

25. Building Science Corporation Technical
Report to the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL), December
2012
Solar Today and BuildingEnergy magazine article,
Energy Positive Homes in Devens, MA March 2013
BuildingEnergy magazine
article, Zero Energy and Beyond
in Devens, MA Spring 2013
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