Squyres House

3208 Village Crest Court
Flower Mound, TX 75022

Tour Hours: 10am - 4pm

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Having Solar is a great way to eliminate CO2 and your energy bill.

Solar makes economic sense. We had to expand 3 years in a row to get to NET-ZERO - meaning we have no electricity bill now and we LOVE it!

 

Renewable energy features

Solar PV

kW:  30
Installation date: 3 years in a row. Oncor only pays up to 10 kW/yr, so we added 10 kW each year
Installer/contractor: Year 1: Glean Power, Years 2 & 3: Arc Solar & Wind

Equipment

44 Yingli Panels, 90 are ASP out of Florida.
Micro-inverters are Enphase Energy (2 different models).
Battery-backup through 2 grid-connected AC-coupled Magnum Energy Inverters & Trojan batteries

Retail Electric Provider

Reliant (net metered)

Energy Monitoring:

Installation date: 4/1/10
Installer: Self
Equipment: Enphase Enlighten

 

Green features

  • 90% of house is LED, remaining is CFL
  • Solar powered hot-air attic fan to remove heat from attic
  • 2013 Tesla Model S

 

Host Comments

Having Solar is a great way to eliminate CO2 and your energy bill. We had to expand 3 years in a row to get to NET-ZERO - meaning we have no electricity bill. We use more energy than most homes: having electric vehicles, using the AC like crazy, and kids on TV's & computers.

Solar makes economic sense, because you get a 30% tax credit and your energy provider pays for the majority of the cost (Oncor in our case.) They paid for a 10 kilowatt system (3 years in a row,) giving us a 30 kw total system. We have 102 Solar panels on our roof and 32 in our yard. This has made us NET-ZERO now and we LOVE it!