Cool $2M house that can generate 5X the energy it consumes

[ronjon]

Heres a cool video (in German) about a house that costs $2.0M. It has a large solar array on the roof, the whole house turns to track the sun!!

The hand rails have a solar thermal collectors to heat water. The roof has a rain collection basin, and the toilet compost the human waste!!!

http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/20/rotating-solar-house-generates-five-times-the-energy-it-consumes/

[kramerz80]

You think we can pm this in Canada? :cheesygri

[voodoo401]

Wonder what the carbon footprint was to make this house.
The sad fact is that even with the energy offset it will never break even...

[Cryton]

Looks like he added 5 times too many expensive solar panels.

[vitaminJ]

Looks like he added 5 times too many expensive solar panels.

On a smart grid he'd get paid for the excess, possibly at really good rates. However it seems wasteful to turn the whole house instead of just the panels...