Environment

• Rural Development, Inc. finished construction of the Wisdom Way Solar Village, a development of ten duplexes that are all near zero net energy, which means they produce almost as much energy as they consume.
• We started by reducing the amount of energy required to heat the home. This was done by constructing walls that are twelve inches thick and filled with blown-in dense pack cellulose insulation (made locally from recycled newspapers).
• The homes are oriented to the South with high performance windows that allow the sun to passively heat the space.
• Solar electric systems are providing for most of the electrical needs of the homeowners and solar hot water systems are providing the domestic hot water.

People

• This is a mixed income, mixed ability condominium association.
• There is over an acre of open space with a community garden and a playground.
• Rural Development, Inc. will retain ownership of two fully accessible homes and will rent these to eligible people with physical disabilities.
• All of the homes in the Village are visitable on the first floor by people in wheelchairs.

Community

• We hold periodic Open Houses for the general public to learn about zero net energy building technologies.

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