One Nevada City family creates a 6,000 square-foot luxury home powered and heated entirely by solar panels and built with environmentally friendly materials.

In the Herefordshire countryside a couple use solar panels at home to heat water and generate electricity and help them to lead the good life.

How solar panels are made.

The Helix Wind Turbine is a 1kw or 2kw grid tie or off grid power system. For more information please visit the company web site. http://www.helixwind.com

Encore’s proof-of-concept SideWinder wind-turbine demo unit develops tremendous torque at its central shaft even in low speed winds.

The SideWinder is radically-different than any other wind turbine technology being offered today and targets the most lucrative and currently untapped market for wind power: the low wind-speed ROOFTOP WIND market — harnessing clean wind energy on top of mini-malls and buildings around the world.

Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills.