Building An Ecologically Sensible Home
Peak Moment 103: Wanting to live a “reasonable, comfortable life” in tune with nature, Ann and Gord Baird are building a near “net zero energy” home on Vancouver Island. Their plans: the first load bearing, seismically engineered, two story, insulated, cob residence in North America. Solar PV panels for electricity with grid tie. (Wind power will come later.) Passive solar design with solar thermal for hydronic heating and domestic hot water. Composting toilets to enrich the earth for gardens along with grey water recovery for orchard irrigation. Rainwater catchment from a living roof tops off this sustainable, affordable, natural home for their three-generation family of six. Follow their progress at www.eco-sense.ca. Looking for a specific topic in our Peak Moment library? Visit www.peakmoment.tv. Go to “conversations” and click a tag, or do a search. Our home page lists “specials” (presentations and conferences) available on DVD. Subscribe to our email newsletter. Or go to “journal” to join the dialogue on Janaia’s Journal.
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Hey who cares about their ideals. If they feel this helps then fine. I want to live “Off The Grid” just to be left alone.
An AC motor has an efficience of around 85%, you can not doble that.
@ab7470, DC motors are more efficient than AC motors … not quite double the efficiency.
For an eco friendly furniture u can use furniture made of bamboo
This is great inspiration. I was also wondering if using bamboo, to strenthen the structure. (grow ones own bamboo, if possible or use sustainable bamboo, instead of having to cut down trees. Cutting down a tree kills the tree, but Bamboo, grows back again and its strenght is incredible. thank you for the video.