A radical alternative to the current, fossil-fuel dependent, massive electricity grid is possible. This study explored ways to structure local community energy production to favor renewable energy sources and decentralized democratic control. Within the realm of new ideas about cluster housing and “smart” development, energy considerations are paramount. We found intentional communities (condensed neighborhoods planned by people who share similar values and goals) to be the most promising avenue for realizing the vision of self-sustainable residential power through feasible power production using solar and wind energy.

Creator

• O'Toole, Dillion
• Ruck, Stephen
• Doyle, Mike
• Schomaker, Jake

Contributors

• Spanagel, David I.

Subject

• Power the World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS_2008_POWER_A_Feasibility_Analysis_of_Powering_a_Cohousing_Community

Year

• 2008

Date created

• 2008-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)