What is the best way to heat and cool of an off grid home?
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For heating and cooling an off grid home, passive systems are always best, followed by the simple ones. By that we mean – design the home as energy efficient and air tight as possible and start with the basic principles of passive heating and cooling. That means orienting the home for solar gain in winter but ensuring sufficient shading to avoid over heating in summer. This page is your best starting place –
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That will help you understand the basic concepts, then you could find a local home designer near you in the ecohome green building directory. You can search professions by category and location to hopefully find a designer familiar with your regional climate. A few key principles to remember – passive is better than active, simple is better than complicated, and moving parts fail. If you go in armed with that realization you can probably avoid a few pitfalls. You can also find out how to build an off grid home in the ecohome building guide, type any topic you like in the search bar. Good luck with your build.