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		<title>My off-grid homestead ideas (2): heating, ventillation and domestic hot water</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote here how I plan my off-grid house to be built. Today I will explain in more details my ideas on how to supply heat to the house, how to ventillate it and how to make domestic hot water. In my climate the most of the energy our houses use goes to [...]


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		<title>5 ways to harness solar thermal energy</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/5-ways-to-harness-solar-thermal-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/5-ways-to-harness-solar-thermal-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[heating, ventilation and air conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive solar heating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar collectors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[solar thermal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar water heating]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I wanted to show you in brief 5 good ways to use solar energy to produce useful heat. Most people probably at this moment think about solar thermal collectors for domestic hot water, but there are many other possibilities. Of course I will write about solar collectors, though it&#8217;s not a device I suggest [...]


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		<title>Off-grid heating, ventilation and cooling</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/off-grid-hvac/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/off-grid-hvac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[heating, ventilation and air conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive solar heating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Off-grid house should not get any energy input from outside. It should use only energy generated on-site. Because of that, in my opinion a house that&#8217;s powered by propane (for genset, cooking and heating) is not off the grid. But in cool climates most of the energy is required for heating and domestic hot water. [...]


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		<title>Using propane is not off-grid!</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/using-propane-is-not-off-grid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[heating, ventilation and air conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buthane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic hot water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couple of days ago I heard that many people who want to live off-grid simply move away from the gas supply network and get their gas from another source. They substitute their natural gas (used in furnaces, hot water heaters and kitchen stoves) with propane or buthane (or LPG). That&#8217;s weird, &#8217;cause if you use [...]


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		<title>Passive solar: interior thermal mass</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/interior-thermal-mass/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/interior-thermal-mass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 10:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[heating, ventilation and air conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive solar cooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive solar heating]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[storing heat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thermal mass on the interior of the building is able to store heat or cold, and then slowly release it back out to the surrounding air. Heat from a sunny winter day as well as the coolness of a summer night can be retained inside the insulated shell of the exterior walls if the building [...]


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		<title>Passive solar: insulated exterior shell</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/insulated-exterior-shell/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/insulated-exterior-shell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[heating, ventilation and air conditioning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The better the insulation in the walls, roof, foundation, floors, doors, and windows, (the shell of the house), the slower the leakage rate of heat or cold from the inside of the house to the outside, and vice versa.  To be more specific, heat always flows from the higher temperature to the lower temperature &#8212; [...]


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		<title>Passive solar energy use</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/passive-solar-energy-use/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/passive-solar-energy-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[heating, ventilation and air conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[introductions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passive solar technology is simply a set of techniques for using sunlight for useful energy without the use of any active mechanical systems.  These methods convert sunlight into usable heat (passive solar heating &#8212; hot water, warm air, and heat stored in thermal mass), cause air-movement for ventilation, and store heat for future use.  Passive [...]


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		<title>History of Solar Energy Usage</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/history-solar-energ/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/history-solar-energ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often think that modern societies were the first to use solar energy. Not true! Early cave dwellers preferred caves that had openings facing southeasterly that allowed the morning sun to warm them up without overheating in the warm months.  Native Americans in the Southwest oriented their pueblo dwellings.  So the low winter sun would [...]


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		<title>Peak Oil Survival &#8211; review</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/peak-oil-survival-review/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/peak-oil-survival-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I read the last page of the book Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After Gridcrash, another Amazon purchase. Since I planned to post here every week, it&#8217;s a great I have something to write about. The book&#8217;s title indicates that it&#8217;s about preparing for living after the electrical grid crashes. It&#8217;s not a [...]


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		<title>Propane vs buthane</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/propane-vs-buthane/</link>
		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/propane-vs-buthane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cooking, domestic hot water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you need a gas fuel for your home appliances (like gas stove or absorption refrigerator) or home heating but are far away from gas distribution network, you should consider using one of popular liquid gases &#8212; propane or LPG. The latter &#8212; Liquefied Petroleum Gas &#8212; is a mixture of both propane and buthane. [...]


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