Re: (ET) especially for Chris Zack

[robert winfield <winfield100 yahoo com>]

as a reader and infrequent contributer...

http://tronweb.super-nova.co.jp/toyotadreamhousepapi.html

I am not sure if anyone has come across this link
it is a 689 sq m (7,400sqft) house.

The most interesting quote and solar/alternative
energy related. and electric car/hybrid

(You have grid tied PV with a true rational for
battery backup)

"...Toyota Dream House PAPI was designed to interface
with other Toyota technologies. One of the most
important of those other technologies is Toyota Motor
Corporation's Prius hybrid sedan, which can also be
used to supply electricity to the intelligent house
for 36 hours in an emergency, such as an earthquake
that cuts off normal electrical supplies. 
  
Conversely, the house can supply electricity to the
battery packs of the vehicles via the stand in the
middle of the garage. Some of that electrical energy
can be obtained from solar cell panels that cover the
roof, plus the sides of the structure. The house also
uses solar heating and fuel cells, which makes it a
kind of hybrid energy house..."