Feb. 5, 2015: Bosch Equips Net Zero Community with Geothermal, Hot Water Solutions
Company Helps to Launch Housing Community with Optimum Energy Efficiency
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Bosch has partnered with Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston-based real estate development company, to equip a new 7,500 home master-planned net zero community outside Austin, Texas, with geothermal heat pumps, hot water systems, and Energy Star appliances.
The new community, called Whisper Valley, will eventually include some 7,500 net zero ready single and multi-family homes and apartments, plus 2+ million square feet of retail and office space across 2,062 acres. All structures will be geothermal and solar equipped, capable of achieving the net zero energy, or carbon neutral, standard adopted by the city of Austin’s municipal building code for all new construction homes. The project is said to be one of the 10 biggest developments of its kind in the United States.