Residential Portfolio
5.52 kW SunPower System - Edmonds, WA
This system up north in Edmonds was designed to fit along a narrow roof, while staying inside the solar window between the tall surrounding trees.
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More on the 5.52 kW SunPower System
5.98 kW SolarWorld PV System - Renton, WA
This system maximizes roof space and minimizes costs, allowing our customer to generate 70% of their home’s electricity from solar energy.
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More on the 5.98 kW SolarWorld PV System
3.68 kW PV System - Federal Way, WA
This system was the first in the neighborhood and our customer’s house had a great southern facing roof that looks on the main road giving it both solar and public exposure.
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More on the Grid-Tied PV System
Solar Hot Water System - Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
This modest 20 evacuated tube solar hot water system is an excellent supplement to the instantaneous water heater. The Collector still gets a great amount of sun despite its Western orientation.
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More on the SHW System
3.36 kW Grid-Tied PV System - Seattle, WA
The clean glossy black finish of the SunPower modules makes this system a great addition to this customers roof, which over looks the sound.
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More on the SunPower PV System
7.43 kW Grid-Tied PV System - Bellevue, WA
SunPower 225s were used here because of their high efficiencies. UniRac HD rail was used to minimize penetrations of the membranous roof. Their original roofing contractor came in to flash each penetration with additional torch-down material.
More on the 7.43 kW Grid-Tied PV System
More on the 7.43 kW Grid-Tied PV System
Evacuated Tube System - Mercer Island, Seattle, WA
This solar thermal system was designed to provide radiant heating for this home. Two Thermomax manifolds provide adequate hot water for the domestic hot water and also offsets some of the radiant heating in the basement of the house.
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More on the Evacuated Tube System
Enphase Micro Inverter Project - Bainbridge Island, WA
This system on Bainbridge Island was designed to take advantage of the Enphase Micro-Inverters. The Micro-Inverters transform the DC electricity of the modules to AC right on the roof.
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More on the Micro Inverter Project
3.6kW Grid-Tied PV System - Greenlake, Seattle, WA
Washington State’s first residential SunPower system! Designed to maximize available roof space, SunPower solar modules have the highest efficiencies and give you the most power per square foot.
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More on the Greenlake project
2.58 kW Pole Mounted Project - Snoqualmie, WA
We usually install solar panels directly onto our clients’ roofs, but this heavily wooded property made the house itself an unlikely candidate for solar. Instead of the roof, we mounted the array on top of a pole in a garden bed in the driveway.
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More on the Pole Mounted Project
Zero Energy Idea House - W. Lake Sammamish, Bellevue, WA
The Zero Energy Idea House is the pinnacle of years of building green for Shirey Contracting. Utilizing advanced energy efficiency construction techniques and renewable energy sources this home will consume a net of zero energy in a year.
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More on the Zero Energy Idea House
Evacuated Tube Solar Hot Water System - Seattle, WA
This 30-Tube Thermomax Mazdon system will offset approximately 60-70% of the home's annual water heating.
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and SuperStor Ultra stainless steel solar storage tank
More on the Thermomax Mazdon Collector
and SuperStor Ultra stainless steel solar storage tank
2.0 kW Photovoltaic System - Seattle, WA
Like many clients, these folks simply wanted to reduce their carbon footprint by using the sun's energy to generate their own electricity. Added bonus: return on investment, increase in home value, and hedge against rising energy costs.
More on this Seattle solar project
More on this Seattle solar project
1.05 kW Enphase Solar PV Array - Seattle, WA
A&R Solar is proud to feature its first Enphase Micro-inverter system on the new Footprint at the Bridge in Seattle. Each homeowner will be able to monitor his or her system on-line, in real time.
More on the Solar Array and the Enphase Micro-inverters
More on the Solar Array and the Enphase Micro-inverters
5.6 kW PV & 30-Tube Solar Hot Water - Seattle, WA
This customer understands the need for clean, renewable energy and is now doing more than his fair share in contributing positively to our community and our planet.
More on the Sanyo Solar Panels, Thermomax Mazdon Collector,
and Buderus Boiler & Storage Tank
More on the Sanyo Solar Panels, Thermomax Mazdon Collector,
and Buderus Boiler & Storage Tank
90 Evacuated Tubes - Solar Hot Water - Issaquah, WA
This customer was mostly concerned with using solar to heat his home during the winter, so we tilted his collectors to take advantage of the low winter sun.
More on the Solar Collector, Storage Tank, and Radiant Tie-in
More on the Solar Collector, Storage Tank, and Radiant Tie-in
Solar Hot Water, Boiler Tie-in - Maury Island, Vashon, WA
This customer’s main goal was to reduce his propane consumption, and he is now doing so with the help of solar energy.
More on the solar water heating system
More on the solar water heating system
Heliodyne Collectors SHW w/ Radiant tie-in - Seattle, WA
Talk about green! This Seattle home is using solar to heat their domestic water and assist with heating their radiant flooring. The house also incorporates a living roof, which will continue to flourish thanks to the low impact of our custom rack mount.
More on the flat-plate collectors, storage tank, and the living roof
More on the flat-plate collectors, storage tank, and the living roof
Solar Hot Water for Domestic Use - Edmonds, WA
This “Solar Guru” chose A&R to install his previously purchased solar equipment. The design was simple and the end-result was a clean, optimally efficient solar hot water system.
More on the collector, storage tank, and pump station
More on the collector, storage tank, and pump station
4.5 kW Photovoltaic System - Maury Island, Vashon, WA
This solar electric system utilizes 28 Sharp ND-162U1F panels to offset the electricity usage in the house. They're also using solar power to charge a ZENN (Zero Emissions No Noise) electric car.
More on the solar panels and the electric car!
More on the solar panels and the electric car!
Solar Hot Water w/ Tankless Heater - Duvall, WA
This builder continues his lifelong journey to live lightly on the land. He built this site harvested, hand-hewn, log home, has created grey water-fed bogscapes, and made green, energy efficiency upgrades.
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More on the system
2.8 kW PV & 20-Tube Hot Water - Renton, WA
This customer is reducing their footprint by making strong conservation efforts in conjunction
with installing both Solar Hot Water and PV! This PV system utilizes 18 Sharp ND-162U1F panels and a Thermomax Mazdon solar hot water collector.
More photos of the installation and the solar thermal storage
More photos of the installation and the solar thermal storage
Solar Hot Water and Pool Heating - Carnation, WA
In this installation we installed three Thermomax Mazdon collectors flush to the metal
roof to heat our customer's domestic water and reduce his propane usage.
All of the excess heat helps to warm the pool!
More on the collectors and solar storage tank
More on the collectors and solar storage tank
