Swedish Home Inside Greenhouse to Grow and Heat Year Round A couple in Sweden decided to take full advantage of their desire to save on energy bills and grow year round. Located in Stockholm where the winters are particularly long, the need for a greenhouse if you desire to grow the bulk of your own …
Baby Steps Toward Switching To Solar I personally would love to switch my home over to all alternative energy in particular in my case both wind and solar. However, switching to off grid methods of generating energy doesn’t come inexpensively. I know I can’t afford to just do it! I think that might be the …
DIY Ammo Can Solar Power Supply Having power when you need it is a luxury that we take for granted. Off grid the ability to run small electronic devices could be truly life altering after a disaster. There are small pocket size solar chargers that can keep your cell phone charged, but for anything bigger …
DIY Sun Tunnel A sun tunnel brings in the sunshine to any room and can cut your energy bills. You don’t have to invest a fortune in a traditional sky light windows and these require a lot less maintenance too. Installing them yourself is doable and much less of an undertaking than would be the …
Solar-Powered Waternest Eco-Home Now this is cool! The latest in houseboats, tiny homes, floating diner or home offices is the new Eco Waternest. Made from recycled materials and solar powered it’s also environment friendly. Not only solar powered but packed with the newest technology in alarms and options. I live in a part of the country …
DIY Solar Power Station This is an awesome DIY solar power station project! I love that it looks like it just came out of an electronics store. DIY Dave provides an excellent detailed photographic tutorial on putting one of these together for yourself, by yourself. His instructions can be adapted to make a larger panel …
First “Tesla Town” The property group Glenvill is building a suburb outside Melbourne, Australia which will be the first Tesla operated town. The extremely energy efficient homes are on sale now and should be ready for occupancy by mid 2017. They hope not only to power their own “town” independent of the grid but to aid …
Solar Powered Salt Water Distiller Water security is an important issue for everyone world wide, not just preppers and no longer just in third world countries. This simple solar powered salt water distiller can change the lives of those who live with the daily struggle to find fresh drinking water. The featured article is about putting …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Thin Flexible Material Turns Surfaces Into a Solar Panel As you know I am a big fan of renewable alternative energy sources. So I find this news very exciting and hope that this product will hit the market at a reasonable affordable price for consumers. I do find it …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Navigating Solar Panels Navigating your way around solar panels can be a mind boggling process! With tax credits, supporting parts, incentives, to lease or purchase options, PPAs, loans, power buy backs, etc.. it can be confusing and costly. Let Mia Nakaji Monnier over at The Simple Dollar untangle some of …
