Off Grid Specialist System Design
Off grid? We’re all for it.
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And we’ve spent a great deal of time making sure that we know the best ways to go about it.
Off grid living can be cheap and very simple. But if you’re looking for more from your off-rid living, information, expertise and planning are critical. We’re here to help you plan… then put your plan in place.
Things You Might Need to Consider
It can look daunting, but we can put your whole project into perspective and plan an approach that makes the complex simple… and the costly less expensive.
Heating and hot water account for the majority of a standard Tasmanian household power consumption. Plumbing can be integrated to manage many of the energy loads like heating hot water cooking water pressure and waste water.
Plumbing is very, very important in OG set ups. In fact it’s the key to true efficiency. Many comforts often compromised in older OG homes can be provided for with modern plumbing and power management. There’s no need to live in a hut with an out door toilet and shower.
The right kind of design and planning of an OG home can reduce the overall size and reliance on batteries and diesel generators.
You can keep your home warm and never run out of hot water by supplementing the batteries when the sun isn't shinning. Modern plumbing technologies can assist and provide the energy mix through a Tasmanian winter.
Hydronic heating can utilise high efficiency heat pumps to make the most of each Kilowatt hour your Solar PV produces while storing peak solar energy supply with the right multi source cylinder, buffer cylinders or the homes thermal mass.
Gas and wood can be efficiently used to provide the winter warmth integrated with solar electric for the shoulder seasons. How much you gas need or wood you have access to, can be planned as part of the whole house energy needs and system size, saving resources, time and money.
New solar photovoltaic inverters can be integrated with good hydronic and boiler systems.
You'll need to think about the following when you start thinking off-grid...
or find someone like Modern Hydronics to help you sort it out.
Heating
Hot water
Gravity water pressure storage
Gas for cooking, heating and hot water.
Efficient piping, insulation and controls.
Future maintenance requirements
Gravity waste water treatment systems.
Heat Recovery Ventilation units manage humidity, indoor air quality and provide optimal healthy living space.
Multiple energy sources to maximise home comfort and ongoing affordability.
Sustainable energy and modern home R and D practices with Passive House criteria and design principles.
Drinking water storage, treatment and reliability.
Overall energy mix and creature comfort balance.
We are qualified, experienced and certified and planning is our thing.