My family purchased an EchoFirst Solar home water heating plus HVAC heating and cooling system from Meritage Homes in August 2012. There are approximately 6-7 of these systems in our neighborhood in Raleigh, NC and ~65 units installed in the state of North Carolina. The key components of these systems are interoperability with multiple manufacturers via internet, LAN Wifi and radio frequency communications. This allows ease of control via an intuitive online GUI interface and ITunes mobile App to optimally manage energy consumption to reduce carbon foot print as well as the customer's energy expenditure bottom line.
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| Our Meritage Home with EchoFirst Solar |
The purpose of this blog is to detail my family's experience with Meritage Homes, Echo Solar, Southern Energy Management and Carolina Comfort Air Inc. over the past 12 months of real world use of one of the most cutting edge Solar PV-Energy management system's available on the market today.
In case you're interested in learning more about this exciting product from EchoFirst please feel free to visit the links below.
More information to follow, but as a new Dad I can't promise I'll Blog regularly unless I feel compelled to do so. As a scientist by training and profession, I have been carefully monitoring and keeping detailed records of the system and advertised performance from the vendor.
Sustainably Your's,
Mark C. Woodward
Helpful links below to learn more about Echo Solar and its Partners my family has worked with:
EchoFirst Home Page
Echo Solar Video
Echo System Performance - Executive Summary
Echo Solar Systems - Installed by Meritage Homes
Fresh Air Benefits of an Echo Solar System
EchoFirst Executive Directors
Follow Echo on FACEBOOK!
Twitter - Follow Echo Solar and Share Your Experience
ITune's App for Echo Solar
Meritage Homes in Raleigh North Carolina
Southern Energy Management & Meritage Homes
Carolina Comfort Air, Inc.
