Learning how to live off the grid. |
| Published: December 19, 2008, 12:12 pm |
| Tags: uncategorized, alternative, energy, geothermal energy, green, living off the grid, off grid, offgrid, power, solar, sustainable, wind |
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Where do you start ??? First you need to reduce. Downsize. Try to sell that too large-a-house and move into something that will take less heat, less electricity to run. Consider looking for some land with pine and maple trees that you can harvest for heating your home in a fireplace. Pine and Maple are great since you can re-plant seedlings and they grow very very fast.Try to find a plot of land that is near a spring fed lake where you can use the water for washing and watering the garden. Construct your very small home with double insulated walls. Use 2 x 6 exterior walls with R20. Place your vapor barrier on the warm side of this wall. Construct an interior 2 x 4 wall with more R20 Insulation and install all outlets and wiring within this wall so not to puncture your vapor barrier. Heat your home using a fireplace hearth and geothermal heat source pumps. Hire a Contractor to install your geothermal heat pumps. You can also use geothermal pumps to cool your home in the [ Full article ] |
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