I am curious here, does off griding a house only mean here to detach services from an urban home, or actually living off grid such as the classic cabin in the woods, to use a term? I certainly find living remote off road and off grid very different from living in the always on world. Having said that, making an urban house able to run without external services is a good idea all round. The opening comment of " compromise on comfort" does look like the classic standard of living type mentality, but all too often people forget that quality of living is both different and a far better thing to aim at..
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Both actually!
The techniques are not limited, in my case I felt like i could do a better job of keeping my emissions smaller than what the central system could. Governments have little focus on emissions, especially in emerging economies. But you could apply the knowledge to both types of houses, especially the remote ones.
I used the basic mentality because people come into the talk without any prior knowledge. Most of them think that living off the grid means that I have my hair braided and I wash myself in rainwater! :)