case study solar renovation
Ret r o for Zero Net Energy
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How a Colorado
family upgraded
a 36-year-old
ranch home
for energy
sustainability.
before after
ecofutures inc.
Left, the original house was a non-descript 1970 ranch. Above, the completed project
features a super-tight envelope and enough solar collectors to provide more power than
the house uses. But when trees leaf out in the spring, the home’s photovoltaic panels are
shaded in the afternoon.
Eric Doub, president of Ecofutures Inc., helped formulate the
city of Boulder’s Green Points
Remodeling Program and is a
founding member of the Boulder Green Building Guild. He
holds bachelor’s degrees in engineering and
political science from Stanford University. Contact him at info@ecofuturesbuilding.com.
Ryann Anderson is director of marketing at
Ecofutures and a native Coloradan. Contact
her at ryanna@ecofutures
building.com.
Peter Doyle is earning his
master’s in business administration in real estate and
finance at the University of
Colorado in Boulder and is an intern with EcoFutures, where he works on financial analysis
of completed renovations to ensure sustained
energy and cost savings. Contact him at peter.
doyle@colorado.edu.
By Eric Doub,
ryann anDErson
and PEtEr DoylE
