UPGRADING YOUR HOME TO BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT IS GETTING EASIER EVERY DAY...AND THE INVESTMENT COULD PAY FOR ITSELF IN ABOUT TEN YEARS.
HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT SOME HOMEOWNERS ARE DOING IN TONIGHT'S "CONCHO VALLEY GREEN".
<< :Reporter Track THIS HOME DOESN'T LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT THERE IS ONE BIG DIFFERENCE.

IT'S MAKING EIGHTY-PERCENT OF ITS OWN POWER.

SOT: "WHAT EXCITES ME IS THAT WE HAVE A HOUSE THAT
BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL HOUSE THAT ISN'T HIGH TECH OR NEW AGE."

Reporter Track THE DECK WAS MADE OF RECYCLED MILK JUGS, SODA BOTTLES AND PLASTIC BAGS.

SOLAR PANELS PRODUCE ELECTRICITY AND HEAT THE WATER.

SOT: "IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SOME PEOPLE'S IDEA OF A SOLAR HOUSE. IT'S JUST A HOUSE."

Reporter Track IT'S NOT AS EASY TO IGNORE THE WIND TURBINE IN THE BACKYARD.

BUT THE NEIGHBORS AREN'T COMPLAINING.

WHEN THE HOUSE MAKES TOO MUCH ENERGY IT GOES THROUGH A GRID TO POWER THE HOME NEXT DOOR.

SOT "IT'S A REALLY COOL EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE AVERAGE AMERICAN CAN DO TO BE LESS DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN OIL AND INDEPENDENTLY GENERATE SOME OF YOUR OWN ENERGY."

Reporter Track DEPENDING ON YOUR BUDGET, YOU CAN START SMALL OR GO FOR IT AND TACKLE BIG PROJECTS.

SOT: "I HOPE PEOPLE START TO REALIZE THAT YOU NEED TO
DO SOMETHING ...YOU CAN'T JUST LET SOMEONE ELSE DO IT AND WE'RE LOWER MIDDLE CLASS AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT."

Reporter Track: NO MATTER WHAT YOU SPEND THERE'S NOTHING BUT UPSIDE POTENTIAL.

YOU'LL HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND YOUR MONEY.>>