Ever see an off-grid pyramid? Well you are about to. This is the video story of Greg Grant, who began his off-grid existence slow and small.
He didn’t put a lot of money into his project. What he had was land, lots of natural materials, a great bunch of talented and helpful friends, and a unique vision. He chose to make his off-grid home out of short straw-bale walls, but with a steeply pitched, pyramid shaped roof. You will see further in the video, Greg likes interesting shapes for buildings.
I enjoyed watching Greg’s video, he shows his solar system, it’s not a big system at all, but it works great for him, the main thing I got from his video is the fact that he built his power system up slowly over the years, not putting a lot of money into it at any one time, building it piecemeal (like PB and I did) and doing it himself meant he saved a lot of money and intimately knows his system.
Here is the video, it’s a little over 50 minutes long, watch and enjoy :)
Here are some screen caps from the video
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I was feeling earth friendly this day and was thinking of putting a simple solar panel on my roof, when I find this guy :-P now I feel inferior even to try lol
A simpler way has been on my mind for a couple of years now. It’s quite inspiring to see what others are doing.