Residents in 12 new houses in Midland will play a part in making homes across the county more energy efficient as data is collected from within their walls. The test community, built by Cobblestone Homes and Dow Building Solutions, is expected to help identify affordable building systems that will boost efficiency levels in homes. Each home will have about 60 sensors continually gathering data on energy consumption, humidity and moisture levels, heat flow and temperature as part of a five-year study that begins this fall. It may be surprising how much more technology goes into a new car than a new house when you realize the average new home costs eight times as much as the average new car, Cobblestone Homes co-owner Mark Wahl said at the construction site along Butterfield Drive.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Energy efficiency: Midland homes to be part of test community
via Midland Daily News
Residents in 12 new houses in Midland will play a part in making homes across the county more energy efficient as data is collected from within their walls. The test community, built by Cobblestone Homes and Dow Building Solutions, is expected to help identify affordable building systems that will boost efficiency levels in homes. Each home will have about 60 sensors continually gathering data on energy consumption, humidity and moisture levels, heat flow and temperature as part of a five-year study that begins this fall. It may be surprising how much more technology goes into a new car than a new house when you realize the average new home costs eight times as much as the average new car, Cobblestone Homes co-owner Mark Wahl said at the construction site along Butterfield Drive.
Residents in 12 new houses in Midland will play a part in making homes across the county more energy efficient as data is collected from within their walls. The test community, built by Cobblestone Homes and Dow Building Solutions, is expected to help identify affordable building systems that will boost efficiency levels in homes. Each home will have about 60 sensors continually gathering data on energy consumption, humidity and moisture levels, heat flow and temperature as part of a five-year study that begins this fall. It may be surprising how much more technology goes into a new car than a new house when you realize the average new home costs eight times as much as the average new car, Cobblestone Homes co-owner Mark Wahl said at the construction site along Butterfield Drive.
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