We knew that power in winter was key to sizing our solar system, so heating was a key focus. We wanted to be able to heat the whole house, so wanted something beyond the wood heater planned for the living room. One of the reasons that we chose our builder was because they had recentlyContinue reading “Heating”
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Cooling
Cooling was an easy decision. Installing ducted air conditioning might seem counterintuitive for an off-grid, energy efficient house, but one of the learnings from the shed is that there is a lot of excess energy available in summer. When you do the numbers, it works easily. Depending on our final system sizing, it might notContinue reading “Cooling”
Off Grid Living - Building the Dream 