![]() ![]() At the same time, home energy management systems, and grid energy control systems more broadly, are also expanding. Meanwhile batteries, the key technology in making-off-grid work, are also undergoing significant changes, at long last. Residential solar energy, the most common form of energy used to provide independent electricity that allows one to disconnect from the electric grid, is more widespread, more popular, and more financially accessible than ever before. And you’re doing so at a uniquely exciting time. If you find yourself thinking more wistfully about off-grid living during these trying times of isolation, you aren’t alone. Including energy systems, water systems, and food systems that sustain us in our homes every day, which is at the heart of what off-grid living is about. ![]() And fewer balms to sooth our anxiety greater than that of wresting control of the systems in our lives. There are fewer prides more fulfilling than having conceived of, designed, and built something with our own hard work-this is what drives many people to imagine and ultimately build their dream home. One that gives us a chance, by the way in which we live, to experience it more deeply. A longing for a better way, one that respects our connection to the natural world and treads more likely on it. A longing to live a life that is simpler, more self-sufficient and more rewarding. To me, off-grid homes have always been about a certain kind of longing. Green Building The Changing Technology of Living Off-Grid By: Leigha Dickens, Green Building & Sustainability Manager
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