Energy Efficiency

Comfortable and Green Living

All Salisbury Square Village homes are built with high performance insulation, exceptional air tightness, and heat recovery ventilation to keep you and your family comfortable no matter what Vermont's weather throws at you.

The homes share locally generated and stored solar energy through a unique Direct Current (DC) Microgrid, ensuring stable, efficient power in all conditions. Each home is equipped with high-efficiency DC lighting and appliances for the utmost in performance.

Solar Power

DC-powered Appliances

Battery Backup

Every home at Salisbury Square Village comes with a rooftop solar array. They are sized to offset all electrical, heating, and mechanical needs in each home. That means your energy use will be covered from day one.

Battery Backup

DC-powered Appliances

Battery Backup

A community-scale backup battery system provides further resiliency to all homes in Salisbury Square Village. Your home’s energy will seamlessly switch over to battery power, during any disruption.

DC-powered Appliances

A global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances, LG, has graciously donated a full suite of sample DC-powered appliances for each Salisbury Square Village home.

These are the first appliances of their kind available in the US houseolds and provide unmatched energy efficiency to keep your energy use as low as possible.

Questions about the DC Microgrid

Please reach us at racdc@racdc.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

What happens if the power goes out in a storm?

If power from the grid is knocked out, you'll be in luck. The batteries shared between the homes in Salisbury Square Village will kick on to keep your home powered and the the solar arrays will work to recharge the batteries.

For extended multi-day outages during times of limited sunlight, there is a small chance that energy stored in the shared battery systems could be expended. This is a rare situation and the DC Microgrid has been designed to be fully resilient during common outages.

What if one of the DC (direct current) appliances breaks?

Most components in the appliances are the same as most common appliances.

LG has also provided backup units for Salisbury Square Village. If a unit breaks and can't be fixed, there are backup units ready to move into place.

Do the appliances work differently than what I'm used to?

The DC appliances work like most common electric appliances.

They just use a fraction of the energy used by commonly available AC appliances. You won't notice any difference in how they function, but your electricity meter will.

Will my other appliances and devices work?

Yes! Every house will have two sets of plugs. One for DC appliances and one for regular AC power.

A New Standard For Energy Independence

Comfortable and Green Living

Powered by a Direct Current (DC) Microgrid

Solar Power

DC-powered Appliances

Battery Backup

Battery Backup

DC-powered Appliances

Battery Backup

DC-powered Appliances

DC-powered Appliances

DC-powered Appliances

Anticipated Monthly Electricity and Heating Costs for Owners: $0

Questions about the DC Microgrid