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Wood embodied energy of wood is:

150 lb per panel. 32 panels, times equiv. max for floor and roof. 4800 lb x3 = 15000 lb of wood. Or 7000lb * 8MJ/kg = 56 GJ.

56 * 300 KWhr = 16,000 kWhrs.

Panels are 5 kWhrs. About Insolation - 9125 kwHrs/year. So energy payback is about 2 years.


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