The first solar-energy powered housing project will be built in Polish capital city of Warsaw by the year 2016, the Polish information portal wp.pl reported Monday.
Set to cover 36 acres and contain 155 houses, the project will only use renewable energy resources.
The houses will be equipped with solar panels that provide hot water in summer, photovoltaic panels that produce electricity, and heat pump and ventilation with heat recovery.
Estimations showed that thanks to the use of new eco-friendly technologies, the residents will be able to save more than 6 thousand polish zloty (about 2,000 U.S. dollars) a year within the area of approximately 260 square meters. The surplus of the produced energy might be sold to the energy network.
Similar solutions have been successfully used in Germany. In comparison to a settlement of similar size using gas heating, the complex will emit about 900 tons of CO2 less per year. Endit
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