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Re:Show HN: Acre Designs (YC W16) - Zero-Energy Smarthomes a... by maerF0x0 on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:49PM (#11084290)
Personally I'm most interested in quite small homes because thats what I'd likely be able to afford. Something on the order of $100k. Potentially your business model could be to build some of these, rent them out at market rates, but Acre profits based on how much maintenance/energy cost is actually saved. I know it'd be capital heavy, but it would force you to actually deliver the value you claim.
Re:Show HN: Acre Designs (YC W16) - Zero-Energy Smarthomes a... by andrewksu on Thursday February 11, 2016 @07:04PM (#11084374)
The model would work, but it's a volume game. Not quite there yet. We would probably license the model and tech to regional organizations that could better respond to specific needs.