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2. Off-the-grid - Wikipedia

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   Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle [1] designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid , but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from ...

3. Cortijada Los Gazquez creative retreat - Wikipedia

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   The house itself is designed to focus on sustainable living, using both passive and active systems of off-grid energy systems. The passive systems incorporated into the house include a gray water reclamation system, rainwater harvest channels, wood fuel collected from the surrounding land, and a reedbed waste cleaning system.

4. Is Off-the-Grid Living the Future of Housing? - AOL

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   Securing financing for off-grid homes is also no easy feat. Though there are lending companies that specialize in financing off-grid homes, the majority of banks will not mortgage an ...

5. Autonomous building - Wikipedia

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   Off-grid buildings often rely very little on civil services and are therefore safer and more comfortable during civil disaster or military attacks. For example, Off-grid buildings would not lose power or water if public supplies were compromised. As of 2018, most research and published articles concerning autonomous building focus on ...

6. 3 things to consider before choosing to live off the grid

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   Jan. 21—This story was originally published in January 2019. Living off the grid — sustaining your energy needs without a link to a power grid — is necessary for some homesteaders, given the ...

7. Missouri's 'Dancing Rabbit' Ecovillage (Off the Grid) - AOL

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   Off-grid communities like this ecovillage offer individuals an opportunity to take responsibility for lessening their own carbon footprint, without sacrificing their quality of life.

8. Tiny-house movement - Wikipedia

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   Tiny homes in Detroit Semi-mobile tiny house in New Zealand Tiny house with cottage style (10x24 ft). The tiny-house movement (also known as the small house movement) [1] is an architectural and social movement promoting the reduction and simplification of living spaces.

9. 'The Simple Life' on Canada's Lasqueti Island (Off the Grid)

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   According to Nick Rosen, author of "Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America," though off-the-grid living is not yet mainstream ...