Living off-grid can be either a lifestyle-driven or economically-driven choice. When the cost of extending the grid to your home exceeds a certain point, an off-grid decision becomes the prudent, cost-effective choice. Being off-grid requires a home to be self-sufficient for all its energy concerns. Because renewable energy systems have daily and seasonal production limitations, the key to successful off-grid living is:
- * designed-in conservation features
- * a focus on energy management
- * robust and balanced renewable and back-up conventional energy production means
EcoGen typically provides for the complete energy needs of off-grid homes with the following systems:
- * Passive solar design as the basis
- * Solar electric (photovoltaics)
- * Solar Domestic Hot Water
- * Solar Thermal Air (potentially PV/ Thermal)
- * Wind or even micro-hydro as a secondary and complementary electrical generator
- * A back-up heat source, potentially wood or fossil fueled
- * Conventional back-up electrical generator
- Let EcoGen help you to determine whether off-grid living is right for you, and if so, to make your experience a comfortable and enjoyable one.
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