It's the warmest day of the year so far in Sackville, N.B., and Blane and Heather Smith are outside, opening-up the garden centre they run beside their three-floor, 27-year-old home. And on a day like today, that home is being powered by sunshine.
"Our power output is 5,100 watts, so that's enough to run our house right now," says Blane Smith.
Over the past few years the Smiths installed 24 photovoltaic panels on the roof for electrical power, two solar water-heating panels, and triple-glazed windows. Together with a heat pump system, the retrofits effectively mean the Smiths pay no more than a monthly connection fee to NB Power. Their most recent bill was $33.24.
"The beauty of being grid-tied is that you can save the power that you generate in the summer, when you generate the most, and use it in the winter when you are producing the least," says Heather Smith.
"We were inspired by Efficiency NB. They dangled the carrot and we went for it. They had programs, incentives to help."
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"Our power output is 5,100 watts, so that's enough to run our house right now," says Blane Smith.
Over the past few years the Smiths installed 24 photovoltaic panels on the roof for electrical power, two solar water-heating panels, and triple-glazed windows. Together with a heat pump system, the retrofits effectively mean the Smiths pay no more than a monthly connection fee to NB Power. Their most recent bill was $33.24.
"The beauty of being grid-tied is that you can save the power that you generate in the summer, when you generate the most, and use it in the winter when you are producing the least," says Heather Smith.
"We were inspired by Efficiency NB. They dangled the carrot and we went for it. They had programs, incentives to help."
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