The Solar Homestead Package and Options

Deltec can provide the structural shell and key architectural elements for the solar canopy in our panelized building system that can be shipped anywhere in the world.  For customers building local to our operations in Western North Carolina we can offer a full shell turnkey.

Main House Package

The Solar Homestead is designed for net-zero living connected to nature, featuring a super-insulated house and great porch. Click the floor plan to enlarge:

The Solar Homsetead Main House package features:

  • 1032 square feet of living space in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom arrangement
  • Passive solar design
  • super-insulated walls
  • window seat and plenty of closet space. 
  • outdoor living space on the grand porch, under the solar canopy. 
  • Pre-stained hardie lap siding and vinyl triple pane windows, or upgrade to pre-stained cedar board on board siding and anodized aluminum finished triple pane windows. 
  • Shell package also includes a solar hot water kit from Deltec and fresh air exchange system, full energy modeling, and climate-specific high efficiency heating and cooling system design
  • Optional floor system for homes being built on a basement or crawlspace

Outbuilding Module Options

 The Solar Homestead design features expandability:  add additional outbuilding modules ("OMs") for more living and storage space, arranged according to your needs:

1. The Flexible Outbuilding Module ("Flex OM") is a detached third bedroom or home office which includes:

  • 135 additional square feet of living space for a third bedroom or home office, in 1/2 or full bath arrangements. 
  • An additional 224 square feet of grand porch and solar canopy, and an outdoor storage nook
  • Pre-stained hardie board and batten siding and vinyl triple pane windows, or upgrade to pre-stained cedar shake siding and anodized aluminum finish triple pane windows.

2. Additional Storage Outbuilding Modules ("Storage OMs") add outdoor storage space to the grand porch.

An example Solar Homestead configuration including the main home with hardie lap siding package, and one additional storage OM. 

 

 

 

 

An example Solar Homestead configuration including the main house with the cedar board on board siding package, the Flex OM for an additional bedroom or home office, and one storage OM. 

 

 

 

 Canopy Options

The solar canopy features translucent, bi-facial solar panels for a breathtaking outdoor living space that also provides the electricity needs for the home.  The solar canopy can be configured to allow you to install solar panels now, or can be configured as a solid tongue and groove finish to be cut out to add solar later, as your budget allows. 

The wood framing of the solar canopy uses bi-facial solar panels to provide an attractive shading element while also producing electricity for the needs of the home.  Bi-facial solar panels can make electricity on both of their sides, taking advantage of solar radiation reflected up from the porch floor as well as the solar radiation overhead to produce more energy. 

For those homeowners who don't need as much solar or want to add solar down the road, the canopy can be ordered with a solid tongue and groove finish.  The wood framing remains the same, allowing the solid finish to be knocked out later when solar is to be installed.  Customers can also mix and match their canopy finish, ordering some sections of the canopy already cut out for solar and some sections with a solid finish as appropriate to their budget for solar and net-zero goals.

 See yourself living in the Solar Homestead? Contact Deltec Homes Today at 1-800-642-2508.