{"id":12628,"date":"2017-02-28t15:13:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-28t15:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/great-scott-meet-the-modern-day-doc-brown\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:35:15","slug":"great-scott-meet-the-modern-day-doc-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/great-scott-meet-the-modern-day-doc-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"great scott! meet the modern day doc brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

by amanda menas and zoe spielvogel<\/strong><\/p>\n

he\u2019s the most well known guy on the block, but he\u2019s totally invisible.<\/p>\n

picture your average neighbor\u2026 with a few quirks. the house with over a dozen solar panels, three solar-powered pink flamingos, and a hydrogen fuel cell? it\u2019s totally off the grid. what was once a typical \u201c1920s sears kit home\u201d has become a modern, sustainable energy hub.<\/p>\n

aside from the energy savings, scott sklar lives like any other resident of arlington, virginia\u2026 right down to the hybrid car in his driveway. his blend of technologies and innovations are constantly spreading \u2013 half his block has now invested in solar panels too!<\/p>\n

\u201cmost people make decisions about technology not on cost, but when they see other people doing it,\u201d sklar said.<\/p>\n

sklar tells his employees at the stella group, and his students at the george washington university, that even if they can\u2019t afford a tesla or solar panels for their dorms, they can still make a difference every day by making smarter energy choices. as simple as buying an led light bulb.<\/p>\n

some have called his house weird, innovative, and maybe even a little crazy\u2026 but don\u2019t take their word for it, see for yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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