When Peter Rowan left corporate life to pursue a career writing fiction and teaching, he needed a little office in which to work. So he decided to convert his backyard shed in Seattle into an off-grid retreat, and built a nifty solar panel with 275 recycled aluminum cans to warm up the place – and it works! For a detailed look at how Rowan saved hundreds of dollars by making his own solar thermal panel, watch Fair Companies’ video after the jump.
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