Sustainable Housing

If each of the 28 panels in the Sean Godsell’s Future Shack, click here for Jon’s post, was a 160 to 200 watt Photo Voltaic solar module, of the type manufactured or used by Akeena Solar

, Evergreen Solar

, First Solar , SunPower, World Water & Solar

, etc

. etc., the structure would be rated at 4.480 to 5.6 kW. In other words, it would be sufficient to power a small house – say your typical 1800 sq ft 3 bedroom single family home anywhere in the US (except the Pacific North-West).