Solarphile » green homes http://solarphile.com Life cycle choices for sustainable living Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Sustainable Off-grid Homes http://solarphile.com/2008/09/10/sustainable-off-grid-homes/ http://solarphile.com/2008/09/10/sustainable-off-grid-homes/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:51:54 +0000 Jabeen Quadir http://solarphile.com/?p=43 Notwithstanding the references to “poisoned city water” and terrorists, this is an excellent video that demonstrates the integration of sustainable practices and technologies to create a mass-produceable off-grid home. The home is Robert Plarr and Michael Fulton’s Angel’s Nest/WorldNest Telsa research home in New Mexico.  It’s self-sufficient in energy, water, waste management and to some extent, food production. They use recycled and low-impact materials as well as improving indoor air quality.

They touch on a lot of different areas of sustainability and some of the controversial choices. I especially like their concept of creating a rainforest inside the home which is irrigated by treated grey water from the shower, creating humidity in the atmosphere, which, in turn, is extracted to generate drinking water. I haven’t seen their book, “The Secret of Sustainability” on Amazon yet, but it is available on the WorldsNest website.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=84KYVNxMmjw

 

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