Creating electric energy for your home

[quimkaos]

can we start a discussion in how we can efficiently make our own home eletrical energy by using glass in the windows, wind it self (eolic and solar) and others...
not talking about power saving...
it's about making your house self-suffient in energy matters, plus you dont neading to be an expert in science

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[quimkaos]

*(...), plus not neading to be an expert in science.

(yeha i'm not english or american - so my english is 2 bad... plus i'm wrighting it with 1 hand couse of an motorcicle accident)

[kenbo0422]

Well, they seem to love to partially mirror windows to keep the heat out of the buildings... would that be a good start?  I mean, if you can 'plate' a window, then what kinds of plating could you use and to what density to still allow light through, but usable as a solar cell...

For that matter, what about sandwiching plates and using the inside of the plates for a heating process, for direct heat transfer or indirectly producing electricity?

[homesteadvt24]

The first step in generating your own power is to use less of it. Conservation is the key to affordable self-generated power. Most components for solar/wind/micro-hydro generation are expensive. Conservation first, will decrease the cost of self-generating power systems making them affordable to the mainstream public. Off-grid and lovin it
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[lanca]

somebody want to get the negawatt-house,but is this  really a need?
in my mind only if people want to get a moveable home like habitaflex or fpb/GE modular space,because to be autonom and grid-independant.