Living Off-Grid Just Outside the Big City

Thomas Levy had a dream, to build a “green” energy-efficient house, and to power it primarily with renewable energy, allowing him to avoid bringing in electrical lines. His dream became a reality in 2007, and he was looking for a good way to tell his story. Along came the Living Lightly Project. Upon reading an article in the Ottawa order klonopin clonazepam 1mg no prescription Citizen, Tom contacted David Chernushenko and asked him to drop by the house — just outside the suburbs of Ottawa — with a film crew and help tell the story. Here it is. Tom tells us what he did, why he did it, and how it’s working out so far. YouTube Preview Image

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6 Responses to “Living Off-Grid Just Outside the Big City”

  1. Thomas Says:
    February 6th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Thanks David – Looks Great!

    Tom

  2. Bocar Says:
    February 10th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Inspiring video.

    Keep up the good work.

    Bocar

  3. Kim Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Ahh, this is exactly what I needed to see today. Thank you David for finding and sharing these stories, and thanks Tom for taking concrete, inspiring action for the environment! Your kid is lucky to be exposed to such innovation and care. :)

  4. Chris Collacott Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Yeah, that’s great Tom! Perhaps if you do come visit, you can make suggestions for our home :) Always interested in not only reducing our energy use, but our energy bill :)

  5. Thomas Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Thanks Kim and Chris.

    Chris – I will be out there in October for sure, so I would love to stop by.

    Anyone with questions can email me….go to facebook.com and look for my email.

    Tom

  6. Serge Says:
    June 25th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Perhaps I am mistaken but I think Tom attended Carleton University during the same time as I was there and it’s great to see other fellow Carleton Alums doing their part for the environment. Being in the country ourselves, we inquired about wind turbines as well as solar panels and for the moment it is a bit too expensive to convert but eventually we hope to be pretty well self sustained with no help from the grid whatsoever – we are already in the process of converting to a ground source heat pump which we, in time, intend to have the fan run on power generated by solar power effectively cooling and heating the home with no grid electicity. This video only increased my resolve to get this done sooner rather than later. Thanks Tom and David.