Alice’s Berkeley Home

Alice’s home is part of a CoHousing Community, which shares a common house for meetings and dinners together 3 times a week.

ENERGY & EFFICIENCY

• Insulation

• New double-paned windows

ELECTRIFICATION

• LG all-in-one heat pump unit both heats and cools the home

• Mobile induction hot plate with 2 “hobs”

• Small electric tank water heater under kitchen counter

• Common house features Sanden heat pump water heater

• EV charging in CoHousing Community parking lot

WATER CONSERVATION

• Captures warm-up water from shower to use for other purposes

SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE

• Native plants

• Succulent garden

• Large worm composting operation, which uses food scraps

NONTOXIC & SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS

• Antique and used furniture

OTHER

• Community Solar! The Cohousing Community had 50 solar panels installed on the two sunniest roofs in the community. Many families contributed to purchase the rooftop array. The energy the panels produce is monitored by a “virtual meter” that distributes the benefits to the various residents’ energy bills according to a formula.