Thanks for thinking of me but I don't do video's nor do I put my face out anywhere on the Web. I have written up everything from land purchase and clearing to building everything out to a point. I stopped posting it as some "stoopid" started to happen and I just wasn't going to deal with that.
My place is quite different in the sense that I did not build a huge 3000 square foot shack, it is in fact Right Sized for me & Maggie @ 500 Square Feet. It's a nice comfortable size and it is efficient. Built with the intention to be as efficient as possible and so it is with DIY SIPS (Structural Insulated Panels) and Frost Protected Slab Foundation with Radiant Heat and leveraging methods like a Cool Roof System and Rain Screen Siding to utilize Thermal Breaks increasing efficiency in Summer & Winter.
Location is North close to Algonquin Park Ontario Canada. The Land of Real Snowfalls still (1 foot / 30cm dumps) and temps can swing from -35C/-31F to 40C/104F... As for efficiency, the Radiant Heating runs for 2 Hours within a 24 Hour period to maintain 25C/77F in Winter @ -25C outside. I Gave away my AC Unit, no point other than a pig of a Dehumidifier ! 40C/104F outside and the highest temp it reached inside was 28C/82F and still comfy. It was a very good surprise when the high temps hit and everything stayed cooler inside... Great when things work out as Hoped.
The Solar Stuff I pretty much covered in the "About my System" page (little outdated ATM).
I am assembling a set of guides and details related to my place as an Archive for the next owners. I built this as my Bucket List Thing as it is something I always wanted to do. Maggie did not like the alternative I had chosen when finally diagnosed Terminal in 2014 and given 5-7 years at best. I've hit Year 7 and I KNOW that at best I have 2 to go but more likely just 1 more year left. So now I am doing my best to finish things up and clear everything out but it has become very difficult to get things done as the Body just won't comply... Work 15 Minutes, rest 15 minutes, work 15 minutes, rest 15 more... it is very hard & discouraging... BUT I can still write easily, so that is what I tried to do here... helped a few folks at least gain a modicum of Freedom & Independence. I was once a Very Fit guy, I weighed in at 180 Lbs / 81kg, and SOLID, no flubb now still no flubb and down to 105 Lbs/47kg. Considering I am 5/10" / 175cm ... well you get the idea.
On the solar stuff, I've posted my info for those that want to replicate it with all the links possible. As for my Home Build and the process, a couple have asked but not much interest here... Just not the focus of this place. As this is also a Self-Designed & Self-Built Home (Only contractors used were to pour the concrete slab and to install the metal roof, I did everything else myself). AND when I say "Self-Built" I mean it, I had 4 people here for 1 hour to lift the wall modules into place and that and above is the help I ever got. I even made my own 6" Baseboards, Trims, Casings, Cabinetry and such... There is no Synthetics (MDF, OSB, ParticleBoard / Melamine etc) in my home at all ! Red, White Pine, Cedar & Spruce (just like the forest it is built within)
EXAMPLE: my kitchen cabinetry is made with 1" Thick Rough Cut Red-Pine and finished with clear urethane. Sanded & softened but the big circular saw marks left to show the genuineness - also same with the exposed beams, honestly thing and adds more character. Counter Tops are 12mm Thick 30cm x 60cm Vitreous Ceramic Tile.
I'm not sure if anyone in this Forum would be interested in the Build and the related stuff. Considering some of the reactions received when telling folks they can cut their heating & cooling by 30% with a Roof Modification they go whack-a-doodle because they don't get it and don't want to (it's different from what I know, so I won't listen or even look).
If you think I could add some value with regards to a home structure etc, let me know and I'll ponder it, but that is a side-trip for this forum.
Steve
EDIT: Now watching this thread, a rare thing for me these days.