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We have lived in Klamath Falls, Oregon for 50 years. We live in a home built in 1943 and it had a very shallow hot water well ( 165 feet deep) with a well temperature then of 200+ degrees. Former owner said: " You've got a shallow very hot well with lots of home heat." We also have a continuous coil in our driveway to ...

...energy you generate would be as much as the added gas you use because of the increased drag, so the smart money would be on a net loss of energy. It amounts to using one source of energy to generate another, like if you were to plug in a fan and use electricity to make a wind turbine spin to generate electricity.  So n...

Is it feasible to encorporate Tesla Tiles on my EcoHome S1600 prefab house? Additionally, is the there a discount for providing a roof from a another company? The orientation of my future lot, suggests mounting solar pV cells on the front of the house, would be preferable. I'd prefer a more subtle technology than the s...

I will probably build a solar panel with layers of black screen. My question is, I have a patio door with a thermal pane in it. Could this be used for the glass cover of the collector? For a DIY solar air heater that sounds like it would work fine. It may help you even more than a single pane of glass as a thermal pane...

...energy performance and total carbon footprint on this page here -  Zero Carbon Homes - The S1600 Prefab Eco Home is affordably Close There have been Legalett air-heated floors across Canada and the U.S. since the mid-70s, and even longer in Sweden where the company originated, so there is nothing new there; it's the ad...

...renewable energy so as long as your heating system and water heater are powered with electricity you will already be powering your home with clean energy. For finding contractors, our Quebec site has a green building directory you could look through, hope that helps!   Many builders ask, is mineral wool eco-friendly?—t...

I live in NM where the temperature gets below freezing in winter and around 100 degrees in summer.  In my small mechanical room I have a propane boiler and an indirect-fired WH which I use for my radiant floor and hot water.  I also have a heat pump minisplit, and I have PV electricity.  Which would be better (more sus...