Off Grid Spanish Home A Timeless Design

Finca-en-Extremadura

An off-grid dream home in Spain makes use of timeless materials, resources, and setting. Read more →

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Self-Sufficient Isolée House Design Treads Lightly

The Isolee house is designed to interact as little as possible with its environment. Image via Tjep.

Looking more like a piece of toy furniture that a dwelling, the self-sufficient Isolee house runs on a wood stove and solar power, barely touching the surrounding natural environment. Read more →

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Self-Sufficient House Fits Sculpted Dutch Landscape

The Bridge House straddles a wedge-shaped gap in the Dutch countryside. Image by Christiaan de Bruijne via 123DV.

This Bridge House uses the traditional Dutch “terp” method of embedding a building in a low mound to harness the geothermal properties of the soil and live off the grid. Read more →

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Historic Pigeon Key Goes Solar, Trims Diesel

pigeon key solar

Off-grid Pigeon Key, home to hundreds of railway workers a century ago, continues its transition to idyllic with a solar power and storage system. Read more →

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5 GreenTech Stories You Should Be Reading: April 17, 2012

electric milk truck

Cell-phone-based solar energy, clean and charming electric milk trucks, and sustainability as a step towards exploring the cosmos? No, really. Come check it out. Read more →

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5 Tiny Houses With Big Green Ideas

image via Green Pod Development

The five houses in this gallery are little, but they're also packed with green ideas—and might just be the next big thing in housing. Read more →

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Can Off-Grid Telecom Towers Ditch The Diesel?

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Urban Green Energy has launched a system designed to bring solar and wind power to off-grid telecom stations, reducing both costs and carbon emissions. Read more →

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Solar In A Box Powers Off-Grid Communities

Solartec Independent Power System

In a region without a public electricity grid, Solartec provides self-contained solar power systems to bring light to a Rwandan school 24 hours a day. Read more →

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Solar Generator Review: Start Going Off the Grid and Be Better Prepared for Power Outages

EarthTech Products Solar Charger

You may not know this, but going off the grid is actually much easier than you'd expect. Products like the PowerG 1800 Watt Solar Generator are coming out into the market, allowing you to benefit from the power of the sun while still retaining that connection to the grid. Read more →

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Pay-As-You-Go Solar Sheds New Light

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A new pay-as-you-go, off-grid system allows people in rural, developing regions to access solar electricity without having to access a grid. Read more →

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