The future of renewable energy is making it look cool

The future of renewable energy is making it look cool

For The Verge and Curbed’s home of the future, renewable energy generation is directly integrated into the design of the house. Grant Imahara experiences how the home of the future can both generate its own power and reduce how much energy it needs.

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50 Comments

  1. Peacetoeveryone on October 25, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    Well of course tesla !!!

  2. Eric Schoeman on October 25, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    what about hale

  3. Jase Davenport on October 25, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    I mean the house of the future would have a Tesla not a Ford F-150

  4. Michael Mengel on October 25, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    Anyone know what panels those are? Thanks.

  5. Mario Torres on October 25, 2019 at 7:12 pm

    Thanks to YouTube I built a 3 Kw 48v system that provided my family with power 24 hrs/day during Hurricane María in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. I wired two power outlets separated from the house so it was simple and not dangerous doing it that way.

  6. FullBlown on October 25, 2019 at 7:13 pm

    i see tons of office job people talking about a f-150…i guess they do not know what a truck was built for. trade skills

  7. Ian on October 25, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    Tesla solar roof anyone?

  8. Jojisvacation on October 25, 2019 at 7:17 pm

    You can’t have a home of the future and own a gas car 😂.

  9. mementorequiem on October 25, 2019 at 7:18 pm

    3:31, where can I get that iPad stand?

  10. cole marek on October 25, 2019 at 7:20 pm

    What was the background song

  11. Farooqh Emperial on October 25, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    Can you tell me which architecture firm is behind this tech home?

  12. MaZEEZaM on October 25, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    There is a massive contradiction here with regards to energy efficiency if you are going to own that massive fuel guzzling Ford, where is the Tesla.

  13. David Bagley on October 25, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    Good jpb

  14. OnlyDavidWould on October 25, 2019 at 7:23 pm

    The roof of the house at least should be white to reflect any light not being absorbed by the solar panels, not only will this cool down the house, reducing a bit of the AC needed, but also make up for the melting ice caps that were reflecting light before. The more light reflected, the cooler the earth becomes, which means more white ice will form, and reflect more light, and so on and so forth.

  15. Tina C on October 25, 2019 at 7:23 pm

    Would be nice to see an electric car in the drive and highlight how those solar panels can charge the car. Ford F150 is a gas guzzler with lots of poisonous emissions – a vehicle of the PAST.

  16. zyzo99 on October 25, 2019 at 7:27 pm

    Wow. ‘Financially accessible’ ?

  17. Cynthia Brown on October 25, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    President Carter is an innovator a thinker outside box catch up people.

  18. Owen Hellinger on October 25, 2019 at 7:29 pm

    What about teslas solar roof ?

  19. John Lewis on October 25, 2019 at 7:29 pm

    I think the F-150 helps scale the size of the home

  20. Kevin González on October 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm

    ¿It works with or without of the grid in the future?

  21. Nikomo Kreks on October 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm

    This is not the house of the future.

  22. prankster gangster on October 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm

    you should just use tesla and the tesla car to

  23. Badoo Renc on October 25, 2019 at 7:31 pm

    😚

  24. Iyalla Cookey on October 25, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    I need the pirce of this house

  25. penitent2401 on October 25, 2019 at 7:35 pm

    have fun clearing leaves and stuff falling off those trees onto the solar panels which are also blocking half the sunlight, one tree branch dropping on there and it’s gone. and the panels fitted together are also not water tight, rain will easily fall right through and down onto your car, the panels are not mounted at enough of an angle for rain and leaves to slide off.

    Also, the house is far from energy efficient with that many big windows, heating and cooling costs will be massive. the air-conditioning draws 6kw of power as input, just how massive is the air-con that’s needed to cool that small house?

  26. PierreB on October 25, 2019 at 7:35 pm

    These houses are far too big to begin with.

  27. Jake The Snake on October 25, 2019 at 7:39 pm

    That smart home stuff is a scam. You install everything on an Ipad that ONLY the company can program and so when you want to connect a device to your home, you would have to call the company. The way to make money today, is by unnecessary subscriptions.

  28. Yida Mao on October 25, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    At 3:07 are the panels on the far side cracked already? How durable these panels are?

  29. RECHEETO S on October 25, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    Solar carport is Not that innovative….

  30. David Preston on October 25, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    Internet refrigerators were a fad in the late 90’s which turned out to be a commercial failure. I’m surprised they tried it a second time.

  31. John on October 25, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    LOL…I have built two net zero homes of the future 10 and 5 years ago that are both solar powered. I am grid tied to share my surplus, but I live with any luxury one really needs, and the homes are ICF and built to stand up to the strongest winds with no worries and last millennia. All you need is the will to do it, and I am not a millionaire by any means.

  32. ImPrisic on October 25, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    wow my modern house is so pretty
    *gets robbed*

  33. Kenn Hepner on October 25, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    could the windows be made of double pane glass with an inert gas between them, or use Lexan for the panes. Lexan does not transmit heat through it as easily as glass.

  34. Sherryl Keith on October 25, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    I think you can see how to make it on Avasva . This is just an advice 😉

  35. Mikael Sonninen on October 25, 2019 at 7:52 pm

    They should install a green roof. I’ve heard it would lower the need for air conditioning.

  36. The Verge on October 25, 2019 at 7:52 pm

    How would you power your home of the future?

  37. Badoo Renc on October 25, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    Cool

  38. Macio Luko on October 25, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    @5:50 This will ultimately be the game changer. We all have smartphones and all of this is basically incorporated into an app already. When young HS students sharing a condo have access to this kind of energy usage display they will certainly use energy wisely and care a lot where this energy is coming from. Not necessarily for the good of the planet (although you’d hope it would be) but for the good of their wallet. As far as the Ford F-150 is concerned, I hope it is enjoying its soon to be squashed dominance of the market. Rivian and Tesla will eat Ford’s lunch very soon.

  39. GamingTV on October 25, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    imagine one day not needing power companies that keeps people living in dense populations in poverty

  40. TanakaBanana on October 25, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    "New low score" haha just got that!

  41. G Sterling on October 25, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    The methods of "green energy" are all so incredibly inefficient and fraught with problems that the only way they can in ANY way be brought to bear is with incredible amounts of government subsidies – DIRECT subsidies, not tax credits.
    My wife and I have an electric car – which we love by the way – but the Porsche and Lexus get used any time we are going out of town. The infrastructure fully exists to support them – not so with the electric.

    And the wind/solar adherents? Much better you go with hydro-electric. But liberals have been killing those plans for decades too. And the water conserved instead of just going in the oceans was also be a boon to mankind.

  42. The Gaming Guru on October 25, 2019 at 7:57 pm

    Why only do the roof of what would be a shelter for the vehicle why wasn’t the whole roof made from solar panels

  43. Sherryl Keith on October 25, 2019 at 7:57 pm

    Really enjoy it. Let’s check Avasva plans also

  44. Patrick Milewski on October 25, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    Li-ion battery? Pfft, how primitive. Plus those batteries would need to be replaced every 5 years. And that’s an expensive thing to replace. Plus lithium mining is not environmentally friendly.

    I’d power my future home with a mini nuclear fusion reactor that’s well shielded and inconspicuous.

  45. Jeremy Acosta on October 25, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    House of my dreams. just put a model x parked there

  46. Evan Smith on October 25, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    3:01 optical illusion

  47. Yeng Sabio on October 25, 2019 at 8:03 pm

    Can this withstand a 220 kph typhoon wind?

  48. May Alsuwaidi on October 25, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    6/6/2019

  49. elijah mikle on October 25, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    It’s got look good.

  50. André Mariano on October 25, 2019 at 8:06 pm

    solar takes 10 years to pay itself. it’s a terrible investment :V

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