These Backyard Prefabs Double as a Battery Pack for Your Primary Residence
California builder Cosmic is making ADUs with solar arrays and robust energy-storage systems that can power your home.
California builder Cosmic is making ADUs with solar arrays and robust energy-storage systems that can power your home.
After two decades in the construction industry, California entrepreneur Sasha Jokic is going prefab. His new company, Cosmic, makes energy-efficient homes that property owners can easily add to their backyards as accessory dwelling units (ADUs)—and each packs an off-grid punch.
"It's hard to distinguish our system between a power plant or a house, and we like that," says Jokic. "We see our home as a backyard unit that gives people additional living space, but also, it’s a giant power bank for the entire house."
Cosmic uses a modular construction process and delivers homes flat-packed to the site.
Courtesy of Cosmic
Cosmic’s ADU design, with its steel-framed floor-to-ceiling windows and timber cladding, is a sight for sore eyes. But more attractive is its astounding energy performance promise. A rooftop solar array and built-in energy-storage system produces more than a unit can consume, says Jokic, and so much more in fact that the leftovers can fully power a primary residence.
Roughly 55 percent of the wood Cosmic uses in its ADUs is responsibly-sourced. Large floor-to-ceiling glass windows flood the interiors with natural light.
Courtesy of Cosmic
A natural palette reflects a selection of sustainable materials, including responsibly-sourced hardwood for the floors and ceilings.
Courtesy of Cosmic
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