These Affordable Solar Prefabs in Sweden Produce as Much Energy as They Use
The compact row houses feature carefully angled solar panels that harness every moment of the sun.
A set of affordable homes for growing families just popped up in Örebro, Sweden—and they utilize passive building principles and photovoltaic panels to generate as much energy as they use each year. Stockholm-based Street Monkey Architects designed the zero-energy homes to be well insulated and nearly airtight, with ventilation systems that retain as much heat as possible.
A row of homes facing east-west is topped with a sawtooth roofline. Each home’s pitch is angled to catch as much sun as possible.
Photo by Mattias Hamrén
The 10 homes form an L-shaped development on a large corner lot in Örebro, Sweden.
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The homes with a north-south orientation feature silver facades. Wooden slats are affixed to every other residence for visual variation.
Photo by Mattias Hamrén
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