Tampa 'Greenesis' House
My ‘HyGrid’ Home Learning Project
Transforming from Traditional Housing To Renewable Energy 'Hygrid' Homes
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gen·e·sis Pronunciation: 'jen-&-s&s - 1. the origin or coming into being of something 2. the process or mode of origin - Webster's Dictionary

green·e·sis - The chronicle of humankind's shift into symbiosis with universal law
Greenesis is a created word in my 'Semantic Calculus' Dictionary of the Viridian REVELution language of 'Virspeak'

   Other environmental challenges in FL are termites & mold. Wood elements should be checked yearly for termites & paper coated drywall is a problem if mold invades. I chose a concrete block home, but even they have wood framed roof supports.

   Good roof structures are critical for a home that will utilize solar. You will at least want a solar backup generator system for hurricane & storm blackouts.

  Here's the basics of how solar P.V. works & the components I’m using to do it.
    Sunlight hits the P.V. cells where light (not heat) is converted to electricity. The subsequent voltage is called the photovoltaic [PV] effect; Click here to see a video explanation of how solar cells convert photons to electricity.

    Solar heat energy is solar thermal & can be used used for other applications like water heating or the nifty home heating window boxes I'm building into my windows for the few weeks it actually gets cold in Tampa. There's also a really trick solar oven I've got my eyes on for when I cook for guests (I'm a happy raw food vegetarian (except when @ Bern's Steak House here in Tampa. God cooks my food with the sun. Ironically, I love the good ole' backyard cookout. However My backyard B.BQ's will be a bit different than the Jones's because of the solar oven I'll utilize.

    Again, PV cells convert photons to D.C. voltage & it travels through wire to an inverter where it is changed to A. C. current (the standard in U.S. households). There is an ever growing variety of DC household appliances coming on the market that are more efficient than standard AC appliances & allow you to reap more power from PV arrays, because inversion is not needed.
    I'd like to install a backup DC fridge /freezer for assistance through hurricane seasons. Fortunately, the builder I chose includes Energy Star appliances in his houses, & I think he is to be commended for this. I am going to interview him for a forthcoming article to help promote this idea among other builders. I did some math on the environmental savings that could be reaped if all new home builders did this. Just like with increasing mileage standards for the auto industry, a little more efficiency goes a long way in savings.

• Here's a note of 'karmic' interest: NBC news reported today (9/27/05) that the amount of refined fuel lost after hurricanes Katrina & Rita equals the amount of fuel that would have been saved had our president stuck to the planned auto industry mileage standards.

    O. K. no political interludes. I intend this site to be non-political & focus only on solutions everyone can apply of their own free will. I just get sensitive when people try to defy the immutable logic of math.

    Back to our solar P.V. system. Once the sunlight DC voltage is converted to A. C. at the inverter, it is connected to the house mains through a fuse box.
    Excess power can flow through to the main out of the house & be fed back to the grid. My home is now a ‘mini-tility’ that sells it’s excess electricity back to the electric company at the current rates through the net metering system. Another meter can be wired into the system to monitor outgoing electricity or, I can watch my meter roll backwards when it is feeding the system.

SAVING POWER IS PATRIOTIC. Don't just be a bumper sticker patriot.

   Remember the enemy we fight. Note where they get their financial ability to wage war from. Using foreign oil is like loading bullets into a kalachnikoff pointed at yourself.

   My next article, entitled "My Bright Idea; - How To Combine Government & Private Industry to Solarize America & Defeat Foreign Oil Cartel Terrorism", came to me while going over the electrical diagrams for connecting my house into the power grid. If you're on the C2 mailing list, you'll get that article next month. Betcha' can't wait. ;->

Sign up for my newsletter to keep track of my progress as I contemplate adding wind & other renewable tech. I will of course put up a wind gauge to measure if an investment in wind is feasible for my area. My other big project is to see how cool I can keep the home without powered A. C. I’m looking through all my insulation options to see what I can get my builder to go for. There is a new spray insulant that forms an air tight seal for the entire house & several other new insulations that cut A.C. costs dramatically.

   I hope these examples will help many to live at higher standards & with more L.L.P.H (life, liberty & pursuit of happiness).

   I will keep upgrading the solar PV system with more modules & batteries until I reach a net zero grid requirement for electricity.

Click HERE to see the turnkey renwable energy systems I can provide you with to get your home or business running on solar, hydrogen or wind without you doing any of the work!.

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