Future House now
by CHARLES on NOVEMBER 15, 2007 - 2 Comments in OFF-GRID 101, PEOPLE

Not only is this Zero House by architect Scott Specht completely green, automatic and self-sufficient, but it looks like it couldve come out of the movie Clockwork Orange.

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Glimpse of the fluture

That extra wide roof holds a slew of high-efficiency solar panels that let you say goodbye to electric bills, powering the whole house and storing up enough extra energy in batteries to keep everything running for a week, even if every single day is cloudy. Thats just the beginning.

The house holds its water in a 2700-gallon roof cistern, and the sheer weight of all that liquid pushes water through the plumbing.

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But does it make coffee?

Flush the toilets, and it all ends up in a compost container in the basement, which digests organically, relieving you of the need to be attached to any sewage pipes. Goodbye, civilization.

Even so, this house is highly civilized unto itself, with LED lighting built into the walls and ceiling, using very little power and lasting 100,000 hours without changing a single bulb. Its off-the-grid living, in gorgeous style. Cantilevers, anyone?

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2 comments

1 ZeroHouse, Green and Comfortable « eKettle { 11.17.07 at 5:29 pm }

[...] Soon, we may not have to leave the modern world behind; in fact it is modern technology which makes the ZeroHouse, by architect Scott Specht, even possible. The ZeroHouse is “a 650-square-foot prefabricated house designed to operate autonomously, with no need for utilities or waste connections. It generates its own electrical power, collects and stores rainwater, and processes all waste. Shipped to a site on two flatbed trailers, it can be field-erected in less than a day. The house, fully air-conditioned and heated, is configured to comfortably support four adults with two bedrooms, a full bathroom, a kitchen/dining room, and a living room. In addition, two elevated exterior terraces and an outdoor shower extend the living spaces.” (via off-grid.net). [...]

2 bugbug1919 { 09.03.09 at 5:29 pm }

i think that living in this house would rock out LOUD

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