Sun power rises in West
Architect says passive systems reduce fuel bills
By DIANE WINOCUR
OMhaCmaraM
Unlike most government
agencies, Western Sun is work
ing to put itself out of business
Western Sun is a 13-state
branch of the Solar Energy
Research Institute, a con
gressional^ mandated organ
ization that promotes solar en
ergy research and
development
Through projects like the
Solar Homebuilders Program in
Portland, the program hopes to
convince builders that a solar
home is a saleable commodity,
says William Church, a Portland
area architect
Church was the speaker for a
seminar held at the University in
the EMU last week
If builders can be convinced
that energy efficient construc
tion will sell, and if they adopt it
permanently, "then they've
taken over Western Sun's func
tion," says Church
Church, a consultant for the
Solar Homebuilder's Program,
spoke to over 50 people at a
forum on "Portland’s parade of
passive solar homes " He is an
expert in designing homes that
passively (without special ma
chinery) use the sun's energy
for heating Church and another
specialist have assisted
Western Sun by selecting four
architect/builder teams to
design and build a group of
model passive solar homes
Church acts as a consultant to
the teams
The designer/builder teams
were picked for their cost ef
ficiency and variety of plans
submitted Chosen designs
range from a "New England
look" home costing $34,000 to a
multi-roofed cabin design that
goes for about $100,000
What all 12 homes in Port
land's new program will have in
common is a reduced heating
bill, said Church
Church showed computer
generated statistics comparing
I \ \
the New England design with a
hypothetical home passing
Portland city code standards, or
a "code" home The "code"
home was $1325 cheaper than
the passive solar home But the
annual heating bill tor a code
house was $550, compared to a
passive solar house's $80 bill At
that rate, a solar home would
What all 12
homes . .. will
have in
common is a
reduced
heating bill.
repay the investor in 2 8 years,
says Church
Another suprising statistic,
adds Church, is that a home
owner's total monthly payments
would be lower if his home were
of a passive solar design
The total monthly bill for a
code house is $600, of which
$46 per month is energy costs
A solar home's monthly costs
are about $568 a month plus
seven dollars for energy The
solar home owner ends up
paying $25 a month less, says
Church
"That's the kind of stuff
builders will be happy to tell the
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The solar homebuilders
program is the second of its kind
in the country, says Church. A
year and a half ago SERI
brought builders and architects
together in Denver, Colorado to
build passive houses available
to the public
When Western Sun took on
an identical project for the Port
land area, their first meeting
attracted more than 700 re
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