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Ellen and Sara’s Berkeley Home

Ellen and Sara’s back yard used to feature chickens and food production, but is now the site of an all-electric ADU.

ENERGY & EFFICIENCY

  • Smart Thermostat from Nest (installed by Anchor Heating and Cooling)

  • Rooftop solar by ____. Leased system

  • Battery installed by ____. Leased system

ELECTRIFICATION

  • Heat Pump: Ducted heat pump HVAC installed by Anchor Heating & Cooling, Mitsubishi 36,000 BTU Heat Pump Air Handler

  • Electric Vehicle Charger: Juice Box 40, installed by Guerreros Electric

  • Electric Panel Upgrade by: Guerreros Electric Inc.

  • Electric Vehicle: 2017 Chevy Bolt (bought it as a lease return)

  • Electric clothes dryer

WATER CONSERVATION

  • Laundry-to-landscape greywater system

SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE

  • Mulch to retain moisture in soil

  • Backyard Straw: I buy it at the race track in the lower Golden Gate Fields parking lot, best times to go are weekday mornings

SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS

  • DIY Materials: chicken coops made from used lumber from Urban Ore and old pallets. Mosaics made by broken tile scavenged from the tile store on the frontage road.

  • Retained all-wood original cabinets in the kitchen.