The Hybrid House

From Renewable Energy Access:

In the Oshawa community of Copperfield, the heat was turned on in Ontario's first production home equipped with a solar-thermal-geoexchange clean energy system.

The system, said to be the first production home system to integrate solar and geothermal technologies, powers the home's heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, as well as providing its domestic hot water (DHW) needs. The Stream saves homeowners up to $2,500 a year on home energy bills, and reduces conventional energy consumption by 79% compared to traditional, natural gas furnaces and hot water heaters, said the release.