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Roberts-Watson Home

Site Photos: 
Has this site previously been on the Solar Tour? : 
No
Onsite Contact
Contact Name: 
Brian Watson
Contact Email: 
brian@bwatsonstudios.com
Contact Phone: 
360-479-6399
Site Address: 
2132 Sunset Lane
98310 Bremerton, WA
See map: Google Maps
Special Directions: 
We're just west of Perry Avenue in East Bremerton, behind the Franz Bakery outlet store.
Ongoing tour?: 
Yes
Site Contact Present?: 
Yes
Photovoltaics
PV System Size (in kW): 
3.68
Make & Model of Panels : 
Sunpower 230
Make & Model of Invertor : 
PV Powered
PV kW Hours produced last year : 
3700
Year PV System Installed: 
2010
PV Installer: 
Power Trip Energy Corp
Please describe your PV System: 
16 Sunpower 230 watt modules on two roof planes, connected to two PV Powered Inverters. We love it!
Passive Solar
Passive Project Designer: 
Thermal mass sun porch
Passive Designer Phone #: 
Walter Galitzki, Sun Path Construction
Please describe your Passive Solar Project: 
Remodelled old uninsulated, leaky front porch to be well-insulated and passively collect and store solar heat for heating the house.
Other Technologies
Rainwater System Installer: 
homeowner installed
Gallons of Rainwater Collected/Used last year: 
800
Please describe your Rainwater System: 
Four 50-gallon rainbarrels connected together with a hose manifold and scrap garden hose, set on wood platform. Provides a lot of irrigation water for our garden, as well as free water for my daughter to dump in her sandbox.