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We thought you'd be inerested in this e-book which gives extensive information [250 odd pages] on how to build a home, homestead, dig wells, in fact anything you could possible want.
We think it's a bargain for $5... no commercial interest on our part, we bought the book and it was ace
See excerpt from a posting BY THE AUTHOR on a yahoo group below
with love and blessings
Sunny and Pierre Soleil
Harmonic Emergence - Return to Earth
H.E.R.E.
people.tribe.net/windwaterclear H.E.R.E BLOG
harmonicemergence.org/ - OUR FOUNDATION SITE
www.panoramio.com/user/2861230 A photographic tribute to the hallowed forests we roam
groups.yahoo.com/group/justcamping/ SMALL INFORMAL FOREST GATHERINGS. More than just camping
www.everytrail.com/
tribes.tribe.net/harmonicemergence JOIN OUR TRIBE
At present we have gotten into a McMansion style of home building. Large homes with poor insulation, lack of passive solar features, water wasting and electricity wasting appliances and excess-excess- excess.
If you want to continue living that way you can probably expect to pay much higher energy costs in the future. It will also make switching to solar/wind or other alternative energy much more expensive and less desirable.
If you are considering downsizing or building a new home consider going smaller. Smaller homes cost less to build, less to heat, less to cool, less property taxes, and less effort to keep clean.
They will also likely increase faster in resale value than large homes as more people are looking for affordable efficient homes.
Also consider adding passive solar features, a solarium, southern exposed windows, solar water heating.
These can be included in the house cost and spread over payments. The benefit is a more efficient home and smaller utility bills.
If you can switch to solar/wind electric it is worth the expense and will make your home more valuable if resold. The current expense for new homes without utility conections in Utah is $7000 per pole plus $2000-$3000 for connection and you still have a monthly power bill.
That money would buy you a decent size solar/wind system and give you independence from the power company. Spend the extra money to super-insulate your home and consider some of the new methods using SIPS or foam insulation. Like to be different consider straw bale construction.
Most people get stuck with whatever appliances the builder got a deal on but consider switching to energy star appliances and low watt fluorescent lights when building your own. The savings is a lot.
For off-grid or on grid look at propane for appliances or NG if available. This will reduce your solar electric needs. NG and propane are widely available and cost is coming down in most areas. They burn clean and can be used for almost all large appliances.
Place your house so it gets direct southern exposure for solar panels and passive solar. So many homes built are just placed wrong so that solar won't be of much benefit.
Instead of a regular architect get someone with solar/wind experience to design your home. It wont cost more and you will get financial benefit.
Look at passive in floor water heating, solar air heaters and geothermal units for even bigger savings on heat.
LaMar
www.simplesolarhomesteading. com
We think it's a bargain for $5... no commercial interest on our part, we bought the book and it was ace
See excerpt from a posting BY THE AUTHOR on a yahoo group below
with love and blessings
Sunny and Pierre Soleil
Harmonic Emergence - Return to Earth
H.E.R.E.
people.tribe.net/windwaterclear H.E.R.E BLOG
harmonicemergence.org/ - OUR FOUNDATION SITE
www.panoramio.com/user/2861230 A photographic tribute to the hallowed forests we roam
groups.yahoo.com/group/justcamping/ SMALL INFORMAL FOREST GATHERINGS. More than just camping
www.everytrail.com/
tribes.tribe.net/harmonicemergence JOIN OUR TRIBE
At present we have gotten into a McMansion style of home building. Large homes with poor insulation, lack of passive solar features, water wasting and electricity wasting appliances and excess-excess- excess.
If you want to continue living that way you can probably expect to pay much higher energy costs in the future. It will also make switching to solar/wind or other alternative energy much more expensive and less desirable.
If you are considering downsizing or building a new home consider going smaller. Smaller homes cost less to build, less to heat, less to cool, less property taxes, and less effort to keep clean.
They will also likely increase faster in resale value than large homes as more people are looking for affordable efficient homes.
Also consider adding passive solar features, a solarium, southern exposed windows, solar water heating.
These can be included in the house cost and spread over payments. The benefit is a more efficient home and smaller utility bills.
If you can switch to solar/wind electric it is worth the expense and will make your home more valuable if resold. The current expense for new homes without utility conections in Utah is $7000 per pole plus $2000-$3000 for connection and you still have a monthly power bill.
That money would buy you a decent size solar/wind system and give you independence from the power company. Spend the extra money to super-insulate your home and consider some of the new methods using SIPS or foam insulation. Like to be different consider straw bale construction.
Most people get stuck with whatever appliances the builder got a deal on but consider switching to energy star appliances and low watt fluorescent lights when building your own. The savings is a lot.
For off-grid or on grid look at propane for appliances or NG if available. This will reduce your solar electric needs. NG and propane are widely available and cost is coming down in most areas. They burn clean and can be used for almost all large appliances.
Place your house so it gets direct southern exposure for solar panels and passive solar. So many homes built are just placed wrong so that solar won't be of much benefit.
Instead of a regular architect get someone with solar/wind experience to design your home. It wont cost more and you will get financial benefit.
Look at passive in floor water heating, solar air heaters and geothermal units for even bigger savings on heat.
LaMar
www.simplesolarhomesteading. com
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