Supercharging a Net Zero Home - Ultimate Smart Home Tour

Do you have any smart home ideas or gear I should try out? The first 100 people to use code UNDECIDED at the link below will get 60% off of Incogni: incogni.com/undecided If you liked this, check out Is a Geothermal Heat Pump Worth It? My Net Zero Home https://youtu.be/onmLrUh2cHU?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7FwYRnWkpCSkAeFOzrgh5h

@ 8:39 - "I won't get into the details..." That's why I'm here man. I'd like to see a very extensive 40+ min video on the in's and outs on this whole place. Get technical with it as I'm sure others would agree!

My experience after gong overboard with automation and "savings" is that apart from heat pump and solar/battery, most other tech cost orders of magnitudes more than they save. So to be more honest, let's just admit it's not for saving money, but because it's cool with tech. :)

Is there a video planned about your home server, I know it’s not exactly what your channel is known for. But it would be really interesting to see what someone ,who’s not a content creator in the home server space, uses just because they think it’s the best. I love your content. You’re probably doing more for the environment than any of the environmental activists by actually motivating people to make these changes and showing you don’t have to suffer to be environmentally friendly.

Blinds on the outside for keeping the heat out!

The one thing I would probably do differently would be external shades instead of internal. Especially in the high summer heats they help much more to keep the heat outside. And they can be another layer of protection for the windows in case of really bad storms... But this depends on the specifics of your house, location, local climate, etc...

Congrats, Matt. I know many of us are wishing you and the family the best on the new home. Thanks for sharing the journey.

Hi Matt. Love the videos and I am geeking out over all this home automation. Have you managed to avoid being trapped in any “subscription fee” systems? I recently was given a heat pump monitor by my power company. Their theory being that we could improve how smart we were with heat pump usage and save energy… But to do anything with it there is a $55 per year subscription - which would wipe out any savings. It seems this nonsense is hard to avoid these days.

For your bathroom, you should try using a derivative of the humidity rather than a raw humidity value threshold. I've had much better success using that to detect when the shower is on since it's less dependent on the ambient humidity of the house. Maybe it's irrelevant since you've got your central dehumidifier, but I've found it to be super helpful

Matt, I loved the shots of you walking to sit down at the studio, it's great to see your setup and how much more elaborate it is than what it looks on camera.

Could you share your automations? I am mainly interested in the blinds 😊

What product are you using to monitor the CO2 levels/air quality in each room?

Matt, I love what you’re doing, and the detail that you put in your videos. Keep up the good work! 🎉

You have given me quite a few ideas to implement in my design for my clients in the Caribbean. Thank you and continue to do great work.

It would be pretty cool to have a model of your entire system documented up. You've got it all pretty dialed. So a list of equipment, apps, etc would go a long ways for a person to be able to work on a subset of the model to bring into there home.

I'd love to see a video detailing how you set up your bluetooth presence sensing!

Thank you for sharing your experiences. It's really inspiring and I look forward to every new episode. At first I was amazed at how big the differences were between houses in Sweden and the USA, but the more I learn, the more I realize that the differences are mostly due to differences in climate and history. Many small choices that have made big differences later on. Regarding the climate, I live at the same latitude as parts of Alaska and when I compare with those buildings there are actually more similarities than differences. 😊

More questions about your HA installation... What is your hardware? How long have you been running it? Stability? Issues? What made to decide to go with HA? What were your other considerations for home automation platforms? Please do a follow up video!

Great content. I love all the nerdy info you have control over. Our goal is to build our own net zero home in 5 or so years. Currently we have 21 LG panels w IQ7+ micro inverters (no battery storage at this point). I recently got an ID.4 and amazingly Enphase just released a smart EV charger. I just set it up last week and it has a self consumption mode. So on its own it will charge my car when it has excess (2.4 kWh) solar - pretty cool! I look forward to more great content!

You are so cool...I could never setup a house so smart as you. Respect.