Bethesda Company Gives White House Props For New Solar Panels

October 23, 2014 12:30 p.m.

A Bethesda company that analyzes energy costs recently added a pretty famous new property to its portfolio.

Savenia Labs, the Bethesda Green business incubator company, The calculations are based on water, electricity and other utility rates in the home’s zip code. Home sellers or builders can enter the product model numbers for new water heaters or other appliances into Savenia’s database to see projected costs. Savenia then will provide a gold, silver or bronze home rating and details on environmental impacts and costs of proposed upgrades.

The White House installed a 6.3kW solar panel system on a portion of the building’s roof.

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Per Savenia’s analysis, the system is valued at almost $27,000 and should earn up to another $43,000 over the next 15 years through energy production and renewable energy certificates.

That means 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue gets a Savenia Gold Rating “because of the high return on investment for someone looking to move into this house, whoever that might be in 2017.”

Video via the White House, photo via Savenia Labs

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