Category Archives: Off Grid Living

How to Use Solar Panels to Power Your White Goods

Solar panels can be used to help power your white goods. Solar power involves the use of photovoltaic panels installed on homes, which convert light into electricity. This electricity can then be converted for use within different appliances, and can also be stored up, or sold back as surplus energy to the Government. An average [...]

Add Value To Your Home With Renewables

With the housing boom well and truly over, anyone who wants or needs to sell their home will need to ensure they are getting the best possible price for it. Long gone are the days when a house with the bare basics would be snapped up at an over-inflated price. These days you need to [...]

Chickens Try Off Grid Living And Enjoy Year-Round Christmas

Chickens Go Off Grid And Enjoy Year-Round ChristmasWith energy prices soaring and environmental awareness improving, many are turning to renewable energy as the solution – even chickens are trying off grid living.

To fool the chickens into thinking it’s daytime and ensure they lay eggs all year round, farmers usually…

DIY Solar Heating and Solar Hot Water

Solar and wind are the current buzzwords in renewable energy, and DIY articles abound on the internet. Readers who are handy with tools, and who happen to be licensed electricians, may find the suggested projects easy to complete. For the rest of us, installing any kind of interface to the utility power grid is definitely [...]

Getting The Green Energy Home Of Your Dreams

Green Energy Home

With all the improvements in green energy technology, it is now simpler than ever to begin adapting your house into a green energy home.  A green energy home makes use of renewable sources to supply hot water, electricity, heating and security.

There are a variety of methods to making your house a green energy…