{"id":1454,"date":"2021-09-21T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2022-05-04T19:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T23:21:11","slug":"residential-solar-project-initiated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2021\/09\/21\/residential-solar-project-initiated\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential Solar Project Initiated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This spring, I installed <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2021\/05\/23\/green-sunroom-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">solar panels on our green house<\/a>. This project gave me the experience and knowledge of what I wanted for our house. In August of this year, we finally took the plunge and initiated our solar project for our house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After much research, I settled with the following three vendors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/newdawn-es.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Dawn Energy Solutions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terawattsolar.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terawatt Solar<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/bluewaterenergy.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bluewater Energy<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They all had a web presence and I initiated contact either by phone or with their online registration. For all three, I provided my postal code, my utility bill or usage, and they were able to prepare a quote for me to review. My initial request was for a grid-tie hybrid solution consisting of: Solar panels, and batteries. Specifically, I wanted to perform a full backup of my house electrical demands in the case of power outages. I wanted to avoid a typical solar only, net-metering, grid-tie solution. I also did not want a partial backup solution where certain high inductive loads such as air conditioners and dryers will not be available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three vendors came back with a simple solar net metering solution, the one that I specifically said I did not want. New Dawn Energy Solutions was the only vendor that gave me multiple options, one of which was a partial backup solution, which did not meet my full house backup requirement. With this initial misunderstanding, I thought it would be best that I spent sometime detailing exactly what my requirements are. I proceeded to create a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/Solar-Project-Requirements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">slide deck<\/a> with this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long story short, getting a common understanding of my requirements was still a challenge for the vendors with the exception of New Dawn Energy Solutions. I was able to directly contact the engineer who prepared and designed the solution. This was during the weekend, and we were able to quickly clarify what I wanted and what New Dawn Energy Solutions can provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to select New Dawn Energy Solutions and proceeded with a contract with them. While we await for permits, New Dawn Energy Solutions also helped me to start my energy audit for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcan.gc.ca\/energy-efficiency\/homes\/canada-greener-homes-grant\/23441\" target=\"_blank\">Canada Greener Home Grant Program.<\/a> Under this program, we can potentially get up to $5000 CAD back. The first of two audits was already performed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/enertest.ca\" target=\"_blank\">EnerTest<\/a>. The auditor was super friendly, detailed, informative, and efficient. I would recommend EnerTest if you are going after the same program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current solution look something like this, but it is subject to change after an on site engineering assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-26-at-1.52.13-PM-667x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-26-at-1.52.13-PM-667x1024.png 667w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-26-at-1.52.13-PM-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-26-at-1.52.13-PM-768x1178.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-26-at-1.52.13-PM-1001x1536.png 1001w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-26-at-1.52.13-PM.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Our Solar Setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As of this writing, the first energy audit is now completed. Now we will await for the engineering assessment and the required permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am excited to generate clean energy and will no longer be guilty of enjoying the full capabilities of my air conditioner during the summer heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring, I installed solar panels on our green house. This project gave me the experience and knowledge of what I wanted for our house. In August of this year, we finally took the plunge and initiated our solar project for our house. After much research, I settled with the following three vendors: New Dawn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2021\/09\/21\/residential-solar-project-initiated\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Residential Solar Project Initiated&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,111],"tags":[63,15,28],"class_list":["post-1454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar","category-tech","tag-environment","tag-solar-system","tag-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7V6i8-ns","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}