There aren’t many people who would be content with a home that is not equipped with major electrical appliances, entertainment systems and computers. It isn’t wrong to have and enjoy a large-screen TV (unless you watch it the whole day!) or air conditioning. Using the energy to run the equipment is not the issue. The issue is purchasing inefficient models and, worse still, employing polluting and non-renewable resources to run them.

Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Photovoltaic panels (or PV panels) are typically flat, rectangular boxes full of cells which capture the sun's energy and turn it into DC (direct current) electricity. This current can be converted into AC (alternating current) by means of an inverter and used in a normal, grid-connected home.

A lot more people are choosing self-employment from a home office after the last round of unfavorable corporate downsizing. A home office (or telecommuting) refers to working at home using computers and other related appliances; the office often doubles as entertainment thanks to the equipment’s flexibility to play games, socialize online and so on.