Off The Grid News Better Ideas For Off The Grid Living

Since I am living in a century-old home off-grid without air conditioning during what is shaping up to be the hottest summer on record in the Pacific Northwest, I am learning some lessons on staying cool. First, we need to ...

When most people think about solar panel systems, they think of the panels themselves. Those monocrystalline or polycrystalline black panels of about two feet by four feet. Solar panels themselves are ubiquitous in our society, and they can be seen ...

Enduring extreme heat during the summer isn’t easy, especially without A.C. But the sooner you learn to adapt to an A.C.-less heat wave, the better off for your household. Not only could you sizably reduce your power usage, it also ...

There’s an old joke about college students hanging ice cubes in front of a fan to stay cool. It’s no joke – and it’s not new. Ancient Egyptians would hang wet palm fronds in the window so that passing breezes ...

It’s common to talk about keeping warm as part of survival, but few people actually bother to talk about keeping cool. Yet, for those of us who live in the south, keeping cool in the summertime can be as much ...