Michiana Solar Tour: Levinson Residence
Syracuse, Indiana
7041 E Eli Lilly Road, Syracuse, Indiana
5.5 kW Grid-tied solar system and solar hot water and air heating system
This home is a MUST SEE! The solar PV system powers the house and the solar thermal system heats the water and the home. This passionate homeowner considers his home itself to be a second storage system, besides the water tank itself. He will let it heat up on sunny days and store up in the tank, then let it coast back down. He likes to treat it as a "lab," monitoring his generation and output data online and figures out how to optimize the system. His goal is to have a zero-carbon house. He also says that it is important to cut down usage and make sure everything is efficient, and then bring in solar!
System Components
- 26 Kyocera 210 Watt solar modules
- Sunny Boy 7000US Inverter
- Sunny Boy SensorBox and WebBox systems monitor
- Five Apricus solar collectors
- Quietside flash heater
- Grundfos water pump
- Equinox residential tank
System Designer
Home Energy, LLC
System Installer
Home Energy, LLC
Date of System Completion
August 2009
Additional Measures
- Replaced all light bulbs
- Replaced refrigerator with high efficiency
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