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Revision as of 21:35, 17 January 2019
References
- <ref name=thorpe2018>Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference. D Thorpe. Earthscan from Routledge, 2018</ref>
To do
- Fix all the confusion between passivhaus and passive solar design. See Sustainable_architecture#Categorisation_of_sustainable_architecture; Ultra-low energy house (?);
Ideas for an off grid + self-sufficient homestead
- Home
- Structure: earth shelter constructed out of earthbags using passive annual heat storage concepts (e.g. insulation watershed umbrella and coupled heat exchange air tube ventilation system) and south-facing greenhouse (as seen in earthships) as a direct solar collector.
- Heat: Rocket stove mass heater(s) for on demand heat and cooking
- Water: Rainwater catchment diverted into 3: purified water for drinking / cooking, hot water for washing, and general use cold water for sinks and toilet flush. Hot water partly provided by Solar hot water system and also a thermosyphon system coupled with a rocket mass heater. Black water fed into external planter cells with traditional septic tank / leech field as redundancy.
- Electricity: combination of solar power, wind power and small scale hydroelectric power (e.g. water wheel) feeds into battery bank. Power usage minimized by careful selection of appliances, lights etc.
- Indoor food production via small scale aquaponics (edible freshwater + coldwater fish in symbiosis with various plants yielding vegetables and fruit) set up in south-facing greenhouse
- External food production
- External passive solar greenhouse for larger scale aquaponics system. This structure can include a chicken coop for eggs.
- External garden for hardy plants such as potatoes, includes black water planter cells and Polytunnel to boost fertility and lengthen growing season.
- Income
- Passive income
- Minimize expenditure
- Sell extra food produce
- Commercial forestry
- Manufacture of goods from freely available raw materials such as wood
- Parcelling of land for resale, potentially with planning permission or even finished structures installed to increase land value dramatically