Grand Design’s Kevin McCloud has made this property update in his house and you should too
Kevin McCloud, 59, is the presenter of the hugely popular Channel 4 series Grand Designs.
The property developer has been awarded an OBE for services to sustainable design and energy saving property refurbishment.
In a recent interview with Express.co.uk the expert revealed the change he has made in his home.
Kevin told Express.co.uk: “What I’m doing already is at home I just replaced some ordinary sockets with USB sockets.
“So, I can plug in a lamp and I can also plug in my phone and a watch charger and I don’t need a transformer to plug in.”
Kevin revealed making this small change is a preparation from a home technology trend he anticipates on the horizon of home renovation.
He said: “The really interesting thing coming up will be the 24 volt house.”
This will enable more products in the home to run off solar power and not the grid, which costs money.
Solar panels generate at 24 volts, so energy can be easily transferred to your household electrical.
Kevin said: “Powerwalls store at 24 vaults, televisions use 24 vaults, LED lighting uses 24 vaults.”
He predicted: “Alongside your 240 volt main we’ll start seeing houses that will be built with a 24 vault system as well. Most household items run at 24 volts.
“This way we can really decrease our dependency on the grid.”
For any of those building now, the property expert claimed this is the single most important design development to prepare for, and he advised how to prepare.
He said: “Anywhere you build a cable, put it in a duct, a plastic tube, and alongside the cable put a piece of string, so that when the new tech comes along and the new 24 volt cable comes along you can just tie it one end of the string and pull it through, and it’s that simple.”
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How house focused on non-toxic materials and air filtration symptoms.
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