by John Lynn | Aug 5, 2019 | Off Grid Living
It’s Not All Beer And Skittles, … Some days are diamonds and some days it just buckets down. That’s right, … it’s not all beer and skittles. For one quarter of the population who have solar panels on their roof, an overcast day is not a good day out....
by John Lynn | Jul 22, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Windows … what are they good for? Well … for a start you can look through them on a rainy day and not get wet. They allow a home to be filled with light during the day time on a winter’s day whilst separating the occupants from the element outside. For...
by John Lynn | Jul 3, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Set Yourself Up For The Season By the time you get to 4 or 5 years of age you have most likely become very familiar with the seasons. There’s really no mystery to it and even though each season may be a little different, each season arrives like clockwork....
by John Lynn | Jun 18, 2019 | Off Grid Living
What Were They Thinking? My family recently went to Tasmania. The map we used for our planning showed very clearly that Antarctica was less than 60 cm away. Now I know that the map we were using wasn’t to scale, but in real life, and especially from the...
by John Lynn | May 27, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Legislating For Energy Efficiency … is that ok? In Australia since 2003, no approvals have been granted to build homes that do not reach a minimum 6 star rating. You can no longer build whatever you want wherever you want. Those days are long gone and the market...
by John Lynn | May 13, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Let Mother Nature Do The Energy Work The larger percentage of our energy requirements is expended on either heating or cooling. So how can you get mother nature to do most of the heavy lifting for you? In reality, it’s not heavy lifting for her; she does it...
by John Lynn | Apr 29, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Grid Power, an overview on delivery Have you ever wondered how the heat from the flame of a kerosene fridge could possibly have anything to do with keeping milk fresh and butter firm in a cold fridge on a hot day? I’ll let you Google that one because in this...
by John Lynn | Apr 15, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Energy Efficient Appliances, …. what’s the real deal? With the apparent never ending increase in the cost of electricity, energy efficient appliances are becoming more and more attractive when the time to purchase a new appliance raises its ugly head. Of...
by John Lynn | Apr 8, 2019 | Off Grid Living
How to Slash Your Electricity Bill Starting Now. All of the strategies and techniques that makes a home a “lean, green, energy efficient machine” play together like an orchestra. Whilst there are key components that make big differences, if one section is...
by John Lynn | Mar 25, 2019 | Off Grid Living
The Importance of a Home’s Orientation – Who wouldn’t want to live in a very comfortable home with all the creature comforts that the mind could imagine? If there were no limitations on what luxuries you could have within your home, which ones would you...
