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PHOTOS: Green homes throughout San Diego County

People throughout San Diego County are making their homes more energy efficient and climate friendly.

  • Valley Center straw house This home in Valley Center is made from post-and-beam strawbale construction. According to San Diego Green Homes Tour, the bales of wheat straw and clay plaster work together to make a natural, non-toxic, super insulated wall system that resists wildfires and sequesters carbon. The compact footprints requires less energy and materials to build. The home is also all-electric and has LED lighting along with a whole-house greywater reuse system.
  • Valley Center straw house
  • Valley Center straw house
  • University Heights off-grid home This home in University Heights is off-grid capable. The home fully electric and powered by an 8kW solar PV system with 55kWh batteries. The home also features a 500-gallon rainwater collection tank that irrigates the drought-tolerant landscaping.
  • University Heights off-grid home
  • San Carlos rainwater storage home This home in San Carlos has above-ground vegetable gardens irrigated by a 1,150-gallon rainwater storage and greywater system. Native bees, lizards, insects and birds roam the landscape that is a Certified National Wildlife Native Habitat. The gardens are also energy efficient and include a tankless water heater, programmable thermostats and energy provided by a 19-panel solar array.
  • San Carlos rainwater storage home
  • San Carlos rainwater storage home
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    PHOTOS: Green homes throughout San Diego County

    • Valley Center straw house
    • Valley Center straw house
    • Valley Center straw house
    • University Heights off-grid home
    • University Heights off-grid home
    • San Carlos rainwater storage home
    • San Carlos rainwater storage home
    • San Carlos rainwater storage home

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    This home in Valley Center is made from post-and-beam strawbale construction. According to San Diego Green Homes Tour, the bales of wheat straw and clay plaster work together to make a natural, non-toxic, super insulated wall system that resists wildfires and sequesters carbon. The compact footprints requires less energy and materials to build. The home is also all-electric and has LED lighting along with a whole-house greywater reuse system.
    This home in University Heights is off-grid capable. The home fully electric and powered by an 8kW solar PV system with 55kWh batteries. The home also features a 500-gallon rainwater collection tank that irrigates the drought-tolerant landscaping.
    This home in San Carlos has above-ground vegetable gardens irrigated by a 1,150-gallon rainwater storage and greywater system. Native bees, lizards, insects and birds roam the landscape that is a Certified National Wildlife Native Habitat. The gardens are also energy efficient and include a tankless water heater, programmable thermostats and energy provided by a 19-panel solar array.
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