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As the new building code comes into effect January 1, 2020, solar PV systems are becoming a new normal for residential and nonresidential buildings, with batteries not far behind. It will fall on architects, contractors, developers, and other specialists involved in the process of designing and building buildings to make this transition effective and efficient.
As California continues to move new buildings towards the goal of more efficient, all-electric, fossil-fuel-free construction, technologies used for decades in other locations - despite feeling new here - will help us reach our goals. Solar panels will power our overall energy needs, while high-efficiency air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) will satisfy the conditioning needs of these buildings and homes.
As most of us already know, home batteries are becoming a more common technology. Whether they are talked about at the residential or nonresidential level, batteries are an important technology that is only going to improve over time. There are many reasons to have a battery system for your house, this article will touch on four of them.
