What’s The Perfect House: A Thought Experiment.
Recently, a client asked me what my ideal home would look like and where I would build it.…
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My Biggest Regret Building a Net Zero Home
Net Zero Home Build: My Biggest Regret Building My New House. There are a lot of different paths you can take to get to a net-zero home. Everything from passive homes to earthships to modular and factory built houses. You can retrofit an existing building or you can build a new one.
The Challenges of a Wind Turbine on Your Home
We’ve seen wind turbines popping up everywhere in the last few years for grid scale renewable energy installations. Solar panels for home has been a disruptive technology, but what if we could scale down wind turbines and install them on our home?
Creating Sustainable Cities
What makes a city sustainable? We take a look at the world’s most sustainable cities to find out…
How My Tesla Powerwall Could Save the Grid
How a Tesla Powerwall and a virtual power plant could be the future of energy storage. Solar power is great for generating clean, renewable energy, but energy storage is key for the future of renewable energy.
Watch Us Build a Passive House in New Zealand – Episode 2
Follow the crew at Compound as they build an energy-efficient home to passive house principles. In this 5 part series, we will go into minute detail on what it takes to build a house like this in New Zealand.
Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy – Iron Air Battery Technology
Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy - While renewable energy sources like solar and wind have now become cheaper than fossil fuels, developing long-term energy storage is key to overcome their intermittency.
Watch Us Build a Passive House in New Zealand – Episode 1
Follow the crew at Compound as they build an energy efficient home to passive house principles. In this 5 part series we will go into minute detail on what it takes to build a house like this in New Zealand.
Perovskite Solar Cells Could Be the Future of Energy
The Perovskite solar cell could be the future of energy. What if we could build solar panels using materials that aren't supply-limited and with a lower carbon process?
Constructing a Bushcraft Waterwheel / Harnessing Hydropower Energy for My Log Cabin Camp
Trials and tribulations of building a bushcraft waterwheel deep in the woods.
