Everything here is written from houses I designed, built, or had to fix.
Comfort comes from airflow, not tonnage. How to size, duct and control heating and cooling in a house.
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Sizing solar and storage for off-grid and on-grid homes, farms and businesses.
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Generators, inverter-chargers and dual-fuel heat pumps. What actually keeps a house running.
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Running a house and its power system remotely so it takes care of itself.
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Designing the house so the power and HVAC can be small. Lessons from houses that could not go off-grid.