Earthships are the personification of innovation, design, and resourceful construction. These extremely sustainable buildings, which can be built in any part of our world, will sustain us with potable water, electricity, contained waste treatment, and sustainable food production. This might end up becoming our model 'home' over the ensuing fifteen - thirty years.
THE PRINCIPLES OF AFFORDABLE, 'GREEN' DESIGN:
Building with Recycled & Natural Materials
* Solar/Thermal Heating and Cooling
* Solar/Thermal Heating and Cooling
* Contained Sewage Treatment
* Contained Biodegradable Pollution Treatment
* Interior & Exterior Food Production
THE EARTHSHIP MODEL
The creation of Earthships are the innovation of New Mexico's architect Michael Reynolds, also the originator of Earthship Biotecture, who characterizes these homes as "radically sustainable" within the home building industry. This completely green, low-tech style of building originated in New Mexico, making use of soil-packed tires for building blocks, with various forms of refuse and natural materials.
The Earthship technique incorporates roughly 45% recycled materials; together with plastic and glass bottles, cans, wood, natural plaster and stone, and metal from washing machines and refrigerators, and depends for the most part on the sun for warmth.
EARTHSHIPS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
In British Columbia, there are 14 Earthships, with new ones either under construction, or under review on a consistent basis. These are set in Brittany Lake that lies inside the Chilcotin, Nanaimo, Darfield, Lone Butte Lasqueti Island (2) Silver Star access road near Vernon, Creston (2) Barnhartvale, and Old Campbell Creek Road near Kamloops (2). There are two projects underway in the Comox Valley, under the scrutiny of the Comox Valley Regional District, for new builds in Fanny Bay and Merville.
This type of construction is finding its way into our universal conscientiousness not just for our homes, but also for our community centres, Eco Villages, commercial uses, and many more special use properties.
THE PRINCIPLES OF AFFORDABLE, 'GREEN' DESIGN:
Building with Recycled & Natural Materials
* Solar/Thermal Heating and Cooling
* Solar/Thermal Heating and Cooling
* Contained Sewage Treatment
* Contained Biodegradable Pollution Treatment
* Interior & Exterior Food Production
THE EARTHSHIP MODEL
The creation of Earthships are the innovation of New Mexico's architect Michael Reynolds, also the originator of Earthship Biotecture, who characterizes these homes as "radically sustainable" within the home building industry. This completely green, low-tech style of building originated in New Mexico, making use of soil-packed tires for building blocks, with various forms of refuse and natural materials.
The Earthship technique incorporates roughly 45% recycled materials; together with plastic and glass bottles, cans, wood, natural plaster and stone, and metal from washing machines and refrigerators, and depends for the most part on the sun for warmth.
EARTHSHIPS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
In British Columbia, there are 14 Earthships, with new ones either under construction, or under review on a consistent basis. These are set in Brittany Lake that lies inside the Chilcotin, Nanaimo, Darfield, Lone Butte Lasqueti Island (2) Silver Star access road near Vernon, Creston (2) Barnhartvale, and Old Campbell Creek Road near Kamloops (2). There are two projects underway in the Comox Valley, under the scrutiny of the Comox Valley Regional District, for new builds in Fanny Bay and Merville.
This type of construction is finding its way into our universal conscientiousness not just for our homes, but also for our community centres, Eco Villages, commercial uses, and many more special use properties.
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