Wei-Tai & Violet’s Lafayette Home

Induction Cooktop: Frigidaire Professional 36” Induction Cooktop (FPIC3677RF)

HVAC: Fujitsu Heat Pump with 8 mini-splits in various rooms. You only need to heat or cool the room that you’re in. Remote control, very quiet!

Electric Fireplace: projection flame, LED embers (Napoleon Woodland Series Electric Log Set) 

Flooring: bamboo floors and Flor by Interface recycled and recyclable carpet tiles

Heat Pump Water Heater: 83-gallon storage tank in the house, Sanden CO2 heat pump outside (EcoPerformance Builders, Concord, CA)

Electric Clothes Dryer: Kenmore Elite HE3

Flush & Wash back-of-toilet water re-use feature: SinkTwice

“Powered by 100% Renewable DEEP GREEN” sticker: The electricity to power our house comes 60% from the solar panels on our roof. The remaining comes from the grid. Our Community Choice Energy provider is MCE, and we’ve opted up to their 100% Deep Green service plan, so all the money we pay for electricity is earmarked to purchase CA-generated solar or wind power. In this way, our home is powered 100% by renewable energy and is a Zero Emission Home.

Standing Seam Metal Roof: 50% weight of asphalt shingle. Summer heat absorption is related to weight/mass, so lighter materials will hold less thermal heat, and will radiate less heat into the house, keeping it cooler in summer. Metal roof is a cooler, more energy efficient than Asphalt, and it lasts a lifetime, and 100% recycleable at the end. But it's 2x-3x more expensive to install. (Skyline Roofing, Lafayette, CA)