How to Build the Perfect Off-Grid Home: Let The Sun Rain Down On Your Solar - Softcover

Spanfelner, Roxyann

 
9781644382493: How to Build the Perfect Off-Grid Home: Let The Sun Rain Down On Your Solar
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1644382490 ISBN 13: 9781644382493
Publisher: Abuzz Press, 2018

Synopsis

Determine whether it is better for you to go gridless or modify your energy grid-based system


Design a floor plan utilizing the best passive and active energy options including deep porch overhangs for cooling


Find the right contractors to oversee the project and set up a contract


Select the right building materials, appliances, and lighting to maximize energy savings


Assess the pros and cons of wind and solar energy alternative-power systems including generator options


Create and operate your own “private utility company” for power generation, waste disposal and water collection for use with fire hydrants coupled to a 3000 gallon water storage tank and booster pump system that also irrigates orchard and provides backup water storage


Set up a maintenance schedule for your system including how to equalize the batteries

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About the Author

Spanfelner and husband Gary live on their off-grid cattle ranch with Greta, their Belgian Shepard, joining about a million others across America. Maybe you should too! If you're on the fence, this book will have you leaping over it into "greener pastures" -reaping the rewards of total self-sufficiency.

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Publisher
Abuzz Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1644382490
ISBN 13 
9781644382493
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
196