Are passive homes the answer to Chicago's severe weather?
Passive homes with solar energy storage helped some residents maintain power during recent severe storms in the Chicago area.
When storms pummeled northwest Indiana in August, the town of Beverly Shores was left without power for days. Some people were left in the dark for a week.Violeta Burokas didn't know about the outage until she received an alert from her utility provider NIPSCO. Her home was fully powered thanks to energy stored from her rooftop solar panels.“I didn't really even notice,” Burokas said. “I had friends coming over to charge things and spend the night so they could take a hot shower.”So what set…
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