So you want to cut your ties to the energy grid?  Being free of the power grid with freedom from utility bills, and the self-sufficient satisfaction that comes from generating all you need sounds great, but in reality may be an impossible dream for most. The setup of most typical older homes require tens of thousands of dollars of investment to make a complete “Green Change”. Solar panels, solar hot water equipment, geothermal or ground-source heating and cooling, wind turbines and so on are solutions but may be expensive to implement as a whole solution.  In the case homes in remote areas, it can be a major undertaking or something you accept as your chosen lifestyle.  Remote properties do have solutions but generally require good planning. Usually, options of choice in suburbia is to “dip the toe” so that you can still reduce your environmental impact and make saving on your power bill and eco-impact. So, here are a few ways you can make a difference at home.

Get Efficient
Start by figuring out where all your energy use goes, do a house energy audit. Use a gizmo that can measure the power used by each appliance. There’s a gadget called Kill-A-Watt for about that will read out the power use of the appliance you plug into it.  You may be shocked at some of your usage and seriously think about what needs upgrading, or simply ditching.

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