Geothermal boreholes take Salisbury Square off grid

The first of more than sixty 240-metre deep geothermal boreholes has been completed on the Salisbury Square development in the City of London.

The Solar Skoolie

When we decided to convert our school bus into our future home on wheels, we knew we wanted the ability to live off grid. In order to do that we needed power, and what better power than the sun itself? We researched extensively online, asked people directly on the Instagram and Facebook community pages, and, ... Read more The post The Solar Skoolie first appeared on Tiny House Blog.

Off Grid Living on a Yurt Homestead

Meghan enjoys off grid living on her yurt homestead in Northern California. She’s been living on her property for almost five years, while her 30-foot yurt home has been here for 20 years. Since she became the owner, Meghan added a yurt bedroom connected to the main dwelling, a 16-foot yurt tiny guesthouse, and another ... Read more The post Off Grid Living on a Yurt Homestead first appeared on Tiny House Blog.

Rivian Adventure Package Offers Off-Grid, All-Electric Overland Living

The original tiny house folks had a little more foresight than the average person. It takes guts and grit to do a complete 180 against the norm and try to live a different way. The Rivian R1T is going beyond the electric truck into adventure vehicle territory. While tiny houses are now part of that […] The post Rivian Adventure Package Offers Off-Grid, All-Electric Overland Living first appeared on Tiny House Blog.

The B1M - This 270-Year-Old Building Has a High-Tech Secret, 26102022

The future of buildings lies in a Scottish park! The iconic estate of Pollok Country Park is being turned into a new kind of energy hub – one that could shape the future of our cities.

BBC World Service - From Scotland to Malawi: The communities living on renewable energy 15112021

As the world slowly moves away from using fossil fuels for electricity, a tiny Scottish island has shown it’s possible to rely almost entirely on renewables The community living on the Isle of Eigg were the first in the world to set up their own off-grid energy system powered by wind, water and the Sun. Since it was launched in 2008, they have received visitors from several other countries wanting to learn more about the project ... see below what was set up in Malawi, Africa

UNEP - District Energy - A Case study of Floating Office in Rotterdam 25112022

Floating Office Rotterdam is the largest floating office in the world. Off-grid and carbon-neutral, it floats if water levels rise due to climate change. The heat pump with surface water heat exchange is one of the innovations that showcases the building’s mission for climate change

Just Have a Think - Micro Hydropower : Turbulent Turbines, 07032021

Hydropower has been with us for millennia, but the 20th Century race to build huge centralised hydropower dams in many parts of the world has caused untold environmental damage. Now a new micro-hydropower technology is working with the natural flow of water and wildlife rather than against it, to bring much needed constant baseload power to off grid areas in remote areas of developing nations.