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NZ builder pre-wires homes for solar, EVs

Jennian Homes display home. Soon, that light will be solar powered.

Jennian Homes display home. Soon, that light will be solar powered.

New Zealand home builder Jennian Homes will pre-wire all of its new homes for solar power, batteries and electric car chargers.

Aidan Jury, chief operating officer of Jennian Homes, says the first system will be installed in a new show home in Auckland later this month, and will be rolled out for all new homes built by the company.

“Jennian has a clear vision that all new homes in New Zealand should be built with energy efficiency and the future of our planet firmly in mind,” he said.

Jury says Jennian Homes is offering three levels of service to home buyers.

At level one, all new homes will be pre-wired for solar panels, battery and electric car charging; the next level is a seven-panel photovoltaic solar system which locks in   daytime power charges for 20 years, while level three includes a 14-panel solar system plus a storage battery that will store energy and feed power to the home after dark, saving the consumer up to 60 percent on their power costs.

The announcement comes as local firm Solarcity launched a service called solarZero, where the company installs the solar panels and sells it at a fixed price to the homeowner.

The company has teamed with Panasonic to provide lithium-ion batteries.

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