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Amy & Will’s Oakland Home

ENERGY & EFFICIENCY

  • Rooftop Solar: Leased system (zero money down) from SolarCity, which is now owned by Tesla.                           

  • EV charging: Wallbox level 2 charger hooked to 240 outlet, which shares a circuit with induction stove. A hardwired Simple Switch circuit sharing device allows these two things to share a circuit. If the stove is being used, it turns off the charger, then turns it back on when cooking is done.

  • Ducted Mitsubishi Heat Pump HVAC installed by All Things Good, with MERV air filtration.   

  • SanCo Heat Pump water heater installed by All Things Good

  • New subpanel & Circuit-sharing devices (eg. SimpleSwitch) installed by All-Electric California

  • Insulation / leak sealing performed by Advanced Home Energy

  • Marvin double-paned windows

  • Electric fireplace insert: Napoleon Woodland electric log set projects flickering light and emits heat. Cut metal screen in front of it from Etsy vendor.

  • Induction range: Frigidaire 30” with convection oven. With knobs! (personal preference)

  • Blomberg Electric heat pump clothes dryer and super efficient washing machine   

  • Wall-mounted, rotating clothes drying rack in laundry room by Holistic Habitat.

WATER CONSERVATION

  • Low-flow water faucets, showerheads, toilets

  • Flume flowmeter    

  • Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater system irrigates front yard

SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE

  • Urbanite (broken concrete from busting up old paved surfaces) used for raised beds and retaining walls

  • Drip Irrigation, drought tolerant plants / native plants / fruit/edibles    

NONTOXIC AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS

  • Fireclay tile on kitchen floor and backsplash: has high recycled content and is a California B-Corp.

OTHER

  • Bike garage for bikes, including Rad Runner e-bike    

  • Furnishings and art from Urban Ore, curbsides, and thrift stores