Mithun created for the Living Building Challenge, this energy and water self-sufficient, 31,000-sq-ft rooftop rainwater collecting, gray water recycling, 34,000-sq-ft solar panel, food growing,  318 apartments housing, building.

Eric Walstad made this off-grid weather station with a netbook, a 135W solar panel, a desktop weather station, hardware, a breadboard power supply, and a webcam.

Plugging an Arduino for off grid use can be done with a battery with usb, solar, or with battery and solar. If your don't have a computer of AC, Voltaic can help.

Earl, a tablet engineered built for survival, Earl working where today's smart phones and tablets cannot, using Android 4.1 together with an E-Ink screen and GPS, weather sensor, and radio communication technology.

Turning a century old brownstone in $1 million project with net zero energy apartments, that rent at $1,600 to $2,600 a month with utilities in NYC. Can it work?

Dealing with snow and altitude- what is it worth going off grid? Read on here.

Buy a container, open up the package and you are on your way to living off the grid with your existing home! Incredible.

Selling for $6 to poor countries- if you leave it in the sun all day, you can get 2 hours of light. And it's rainproof.

Starting at around 20k, Mobile Solar, offers transportable solar generators, the model pictured is suitable for events, job sites and remote homes, and can be towed behind most 4 or 6-cylinder vehicles and powerful enough to run 3,500 watt with applications for residential back up, disaster relief and small construction ...

By negotiating with solar installers and finding trusted solar suppliers, 1BOG takes the pain out of buying solar panels for your application, only catch is that you are buying as a group to get a nice discount.