Creating Zero-Carbon Homes

This book, currently being written, will explain the author’s attainment in making his UK residence a zero-carbon house to save on energy bills, improve neighbourhood air quality and mitigate global concerns related to global warming, climate change and depleting finite natural resources.

Almost 85% of UK homes rely on natural gas (NG) for cooking, hot water, and heating. This needs to change as the carbon dioxide generated contributes to global warming concerns, and the depletion of NG resources is the cause of national energy security and rising household energy bills.

Toxic flue gases generated by NG boilers is the cause for social health concerns.

Though electricity is a clean source of energy, almost 50% of UK electricity is currently generated using NG powered generators. We need to burn about 11.4 cubic meters of NG to generate 1 kWh of energy.

Since 2013, I have generated most of my household electricity requirements with my roof mounted, grid-connected photovoltaic system consisting of 16 solar panels.

Since 2020, I have discontinued the use of NG in my house.

Some benefits are:

• Earning passive income by exporting surplus electricity generated.
• No gas bills and reduced electricity bill.
• My surplus electricity is a source of green electricity available in my neighbourhood.
• With grid connection, I have access to electricity at nights and cloudy days when solar systems does not generate electricity.