The Green Home Dream

Looking ten years ago, you’d probably would say that living the green home dream is a virtual reality. Today with the progress made in all areas of electricity, solar power and wind power, materials research and so on, the green home reality is here.

Green home means that you have your own electricity power system that creates power from renewable energy sources such as the sun or the wind. The amount of power you create is sufficient for any power needs in your home from heating or cooling, lighting, making your appliances work and heating your water. It also enables you to save money on your monthly electrical bill, contribute actively to the fight against global warming and relief the worries of power outage 

The most common ways to implement a green home dream is by using solar energy, wind energy or water energy.  

The solar energy means you install some solar panels which using photovoltaic cells convert the sun heat to electricity. You install them on your roof or next to your home and this convert to current that can be stored or used at home. You can also use the solar panels to heat water for your showers or your pool. Building such a system is not a complex work and with the easy to use step-by-step guide of earth4energy it becomes a very easy task. Installing such a system can be done by a professional contractor for a price but can also be done in a do-it-yourself mode which will reduce your costs significantly.

All of this is for current homes but if you are just building your new home you can plan it in advance to be a green home. You do that by sitting with your architect or contractor and designing in advance the solar systems. Some immediate things in the design stage are to plan a south fronting area of your roof to install on it the solar panels or putting green windows, insulating bricks or other building materials and so on. 

Green home doesn’t mean just that. Nice touch can be a green energy windmill next to your home or on top of your roof that will help to produce the power. By that you are creating a resilient power system that in days of sun you count on the solar system and in days of wind on the windmill. That way your power needs are always fulfilled and you never run out of power.

Windmills create electricity from the conversion of the spinning movement into electricity. As the home solar system, wind power system can be built by buying a ready to build kit and also available for do-it-yourself person with small investment, easy to do step-by-step guide which will create your green home dream. 

In addition to the sun and wind, if you have a running water stream next to your home, you are on the king’s way for achieving the green home dream. Using the power of water called hydro electricity. This is just another method of using renewable energy source, free of pollution, easy to maintain and free of charge.  

To optimize the green home dream is to have all three methods of green energy sources – solar system using the sun, windmill, using the power of the wind and hydroelectric station using the power of water.

Using them will generate enough power to provide all of your home electricity needs. You will save a lot of money, earn money (by selling excess power to your local power company), directly contribute to the fight against global warming and live clean life without pollution. If you implement some other energy saving habits and put home solar heating water system then you will live the green home dream (click here for more details on saving tips or solar water heating system)

It is not complex, it is not expensive, and you don’t need to be an expert or a true handyman. All you need to do is to decide you want to do it and look at some available guides in that subject. 

Simply live your (green) dreams