Aquaponics System, Passive Solar Greenhouse build

pinballlooking · 02-17-15, 10:59 AM

We started out with our Chevy Volt then my wife and I were talking and we said it would be nice to charge our Volt with solar power. So I did an install 9.2 kw solar array.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/solar-...lar-array.html

We wanted to heat with some of that solar power so I installed some Mini splits with help from others here. They are working great.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/geothe...t-install.html

We added LED lights and reduced standby power hogs. We are replacing appliances with energy star appliances as they die. We added a super energy efficient pool pump.

Then we said it would be nice to not have a power bill at all. We upgraded our solar to 12.5kw.

We will netzero this year.

That brings to wanting to be more self-sufficient for our food. We added chickens the 8 hens provide us with all the eggs we need and we give some away.

The next step is to grow our own food hopefully all year around. Daox posted about Aquaponics I really only seen this at Disney world Epcot where we really enjoy living with the land. Last time we were there we said some form of this is our next step.

I started reading about it and the more I read the more excited I became. We recently visited two places to learn more.

Clemson Aquaponics
https://www.facebook.com/ClemsonAquaponics

A private system that has over 12 IBC‘s and more in a greenhouse

This will be my first system build but we are going all in. We will try to repurpose lots of things and be very energy conscious and open to ideas.
Sorry for the long introduction but if you just saw this post I want you to see the journey we took to get here.

02-17-15, 10:59 AM	#1
pinballlooking Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SC Posts: 2,923 Thanks: 172 Thanked 564 Times in 463 Posts	Aquaponics System, Passive Solar Greenhouse build We started out with our Chevy Volt then my wife and I were talking and we said it would be nice to charge our Volt with solar power. So I did an install 9.2 kw solar array. http://ecorenovator.org/forum/solar-...lar-array.html We wanted to heat with some of that solar power so I installed some Mini splits with help from others here. They are working great. http://ecorenovator.org/forum/geothe...t-install.html We added LED lights and reduced standby power hogs. We are replacing appliances with energy star appliances as they die. We added a super energy efficient pool pump. Then we said it would be nice to not have a power bill at all. We upgraded our solar to 12.5kw. We will netzero this year. That brings to wanting to be more self-sufficient for our food. We added chickens the 8 hens provide us with all the eggs we need and we give some away. The next step is to grow our own food hopefully all year around. Daox posted about Aquaponics I really only seen this at Disney world Epcot where we really enjoy living with the land. Last time we were there we said some form of this is our next step. I started reading about it and the more I read the more excited I became. We recently visited two places to learn more. Clemson Aquaponics https://www.facebook.com/ClemsonAquaponics A private system that has over 12 IBC‘s and more in a greenhouse This will be my first system build but we are going all in. We will try to repurpose lots of things and be very energy conscious and open to ideas. Sorry for the long introduction but if you just saw this post I want you to see the journey we took to get here. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by pinballlooking; 01-30-17 at 11:30 AM..