Harnessing Solar Energy for the Home

Alternative source of power for the home. (Photo Credits)

Solar powered homes are the wave of the future. More and more people are considering to invest on solar power, not just to save on energy, but also to ensure energy independence and at the same time lower their carbon foot print.

Inhabitat.com featured a pre-fabricated solar home that can be built within three days.

“To meet its ambitious net-zero energy targets, the Unity home features over a dozen state-of-the-art C2C-certified products, from the Naturepedic mattresses to the Icestone countertops. The most surprising C2C product was the SunPower solar panels—the first and only solar panels to receive C2C certification—made from non-hazardous materials and equipped with an energy meter and app.”

Check out the unity home here.

Off-Grid Home

Mashable meantime featured the Eco Capsule, which is basically a pod that can br brought anywhere.

“Living in a tiny wind and solar-powered pod that can be taken almost anywhere on the planet may sound more like something out of a science fiction movie than a reality, but a European company says it has created just that.”

Take a look at it here.

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The Guardian meantime shared in one of its reports that Tanzania is eyeing to power a million homes with solar energy.

“The challenge across Africa is daunting. Earlier this year, a report by Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel spelled out that excluding South Africa, which generates half the region’s electricity, sub-Saharan Africa uses less electricity than Spain. It would take the average Tanzanian eight years to use as much electricity as an average European would consume in a single month.”

Read the rest of the article here.

So you dream of owning a slar-powered home?