Seed Eco-Home Eco Features 2022

1. It is a compact starter home - at 1000 square feet of space, compared to the larger 2500 sq ft average size. This means that much less cost all around.
2. House comes with a full-off grid 6kW as  a standard option. We increased this from 3kW of the first Seed Eco-Home, so that an energy-conscious family can run almost all of their needs from solar electric. Tgh
3. House comes with aquaponic greenhouse as a standard option
4. Shallow Insulated Footer - makes the house an earth contact home, allowing for heat tranfer from soil under the house that stays 60F year round. Also costs 15-20% less. see [1].
5. Heat pump - 3x more efficient than typical heaters [2]. furnace. Also used for central cooling in the summer. Saves about $500 in heating per year for the Seed Eco-Home, and cuts carbon emissions 2x [3]
6. Induction cooktop - according to one source, about 80% efficient, which is about double the efficiency of gas cooking [4]. Another source says 3x as efficient as gas and 10-15% more efficient than electric cooktops. [5]. Saves about $100/year in cooking costs [6].
7. Superfridge - For our refrigerator, we use a highly insulated chest freezer converted to a refrigerator simply by putting it on a timer, which is about 10x more efficient than a standard refrigerator. This is a standard option depending on one's needs of energy efficiency or convenience. But, if you would like to have an annual refrigerator bill of $1.5 with the Seed Eco-Home off-grid PV option - as opposed to the average of $88 for a standard home - this is for you. See more info at Superfridge.