Off-grid: disconnected from utilities
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Episode 19 – DIY 2.0 workshops
In the middle of august I spent a couple days near Łódź in a place called Cohabitat Hackerspace, where the workshops called “Do It Yourself 2.0” took place. During that workshop several different things were built, including: a single wall and an entire small building of clay and straw bale, a wall made of so […]
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Straw bale building: rain gutters and composting toilet
In the middle of july, I took some time to gather some reusable materials: 3 wooden windows and a couple of plastic barrels. I also bought some rain gutters for my roof. I installed the gutters and started work on the composting toilet. Of course I wasn’t able to finish that job, but you can […]
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Straw bale building: roofing felt
This video shows the work we did at the end of june. I found this one of the most important parts of the work, as from this point the building was protected from the rain. We finished putting boards onto the roof, bought the asphalt roofing felt and installed it. I planned to harvest rainwater, […]
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Wonderwash – a good idea for off-grid washing
There are several household appliances that use a lot of energy, and because of that, may require a special setup of some sort. For example, if one was to use the microwave oven along with electric kitchen stove, off-grid energy sources like solar photovoltaics or wind turbines might not provide sufficient power. Unless you spend […]
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How to build a simple solar thermal water collector
In august, during the “Do It Yourself 2.0” workshops set up by Cohabitat, I ran a workshop in which I taught how to build a simple and affordable solar thermal collector that is suitable for domestic hot water. Of course I made a lot of video and photos so that I could edit it all […]
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