Off The Grid

My off-grid homestead ideas (2): heating, ventillation and domestic hot water

2011-12-28T17:58:18Z

Last week I wrote here how I plan my off-grid house to be built. Today I will explain in more details my ideas on how to supply heat to the house, how to ventillate it and how to make domestic hot water. In my climate the most of the energy our houses use goes to [...] Related posts:

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My off-grid homestead ideas (1): construction and design

2011-12-20T20:32:35Z

Starting with this post, I wanted to share with you my ideas on my off-grid house and homestead. I’ll begin with the general ideas on design and house construction, used materials, techniques, etc. The very first draft of my house design is ready, but some details need to be corrected. It looks like typical small [...] Related posts:

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5 ways to harness solar thermal energy

2011-12-10T22:18:28Z

Today I wanted to show you in brief 5 good ways to use solar energy to produce useful heat. Most people probably at this moment think about solar thermal collectors for domestic hot water, but there are many other possibilities. Of course I will write about solar collectors, though it’s not a device I suggest [...] Related posts:

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Gifts for off-grid enthusiasts

2011-12-04T11:21:34Z

With the holiday season near, you’re probably wondering what to buy as a gift for your friend, who likes the concept of off-grid living. In this post you will find at least a couple of ideas for such gifts. I’m pretty sure you’ll find something that will be interesting for both you and the person [...] Related posts:

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Self-sufficiency vs self-reliance off the grid

2011-11-26T21:53:44Z

The more I learn about modern survival and being prepared for SHTF (which is one of the reasons I want to live off-grid), the more interesting concepts I undertand. Not being english native for some time I didn’t get the difference between self-sufficiency and self-reliance. It took me some time, and now it’s clear. You [...] Related posts:

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5 reasons I want to go off-grid

2011-11-20T21:11:02Z

Since the time I started this blog, I never took the time to write about my goals and reasons why I want to live off the grid. Today is a good time to do it. 1. I want to be independent and free I want to be free and be independent from all the systems [...] No related posts.

Garbage warrior

2011-11-20T21:11:35Z

This week I watched the “Garbage warrior”, a film about american architect, Mike Reynolds. This documentary shows several buildings and subdivisions built by Reynolds, starting with the Thumb House, and the Earthship, of course. This film was highly motivating and inspiring for me. I am wondering if I could add some tires with rammed earth [...] No related posts.

Off-grid heating, ventilation and cooling

2011-11-09T17:24:52Z

Off-grid house should not get any energy input from outside. It should use only energy generated on-site. Because of that, in my opinion a house that’s powered by propane (for genset, cooking and heating) is not off the grid. But in cool climates most of the energy is required for heating and domestic hot water. [...] Related posts:

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My two new solar panels

2011-10-04T09:26:11Z

Two weeks ago I go a delivery from a shop modernHome.pl, that contained two new 30 W solar panels. This weekend I finally had some free time to make some tests and prepare some photos to show here. At this moment my solar system has 150 Wp and consists of 5 solar panels. I have [...] Related posts:

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PV systems energy profitability

2011-09-26T13:56:00Z

Those of you who know me better, know also, that I am a moderate fan of photovoltaic energy systems (solar panels). The first solar panel I bought (flexible 10 W) 5 years ago, and since that time, my PV system has grown to 150 Wp. Lately I aquired two 30 Wp panels, which I want [...] Related posts:

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