here in Nuvo, trying to keep up to date with the latest in ethical, eco-friendly practices. However, there are a lot of "green" deception "going on right now. Of green cars and food, to eco-friendly cell phone, everyone has got their own plan to save the world. An excellent way to begin to make a difference to the house more energy efficient. Sometimes although ... a plan to save the world may end up getting a little weird ....
Glass Bottle House
What would you do with 500, 000 empty bottles of embalming fluid? When confronted with this dilemma, David H. Brown decided to build himself a house. When he retired from the funeral business in 1952, after 35 years (I guess) hoarding large, square bottle, he began working on his whimsical folly.
Why is it sustainable?
Well, the house itself is finished as an incredibly energy efficient, it needs only the heating from a single, small heater in the winter and no air conditioning even in the summer. And, at 1,200 square meters, it is also pretty good size. The walls are put together with a bottle of thick, short and stocky. Strips of wood are the bottlenecks, as well as reinforced concrete and wire, which supports the inner lining of cedar boards that were nailed to the vertical. All this creates a strong, weatherproof, and unique home. Judging by the pictures, if you can get over something icky origins of the bottle itself, it seems like a pretty nice place to live.
Straw Bale House
of straw bale houses are nothing new. In fact, people are creating homes from straw from before the beginning of recorded history. However, recently the technique gets a second chance. New and improved methods allow the construction of safe, inexpensive, robust, attractive and efficient home. Unless, of course, suffer from hay fever.
Why is it sustainable?
for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says. In a recent study CMH had this to say about the energy efficiency of straw Bale House:
"Straw Bale Houses used by more than 20 percent less space heating energy compared to conventional model at home. Some of this may be because of underventilation Straw Bale Houses and little tendency for the model of excessive energy consumption in conventional homes. But , the size of savings and consistency (9 of 11 houses), according to straw Bale House in this study requires significantly less energy for heating than comparable conventional homes ."
Also, do not fiberglass insulation means fewer chemicals used. With the additional wall surfaces done with the land / country to bring you a house built entirely out of products derived from the average farmers' fields and much more effective than one of the commercial.
Foam Balloons
It is impossible to argue with him, the Japanese were responsible for many strange. They have some of the most bizarre of residential developments in the world, and this is one of them. Now you can buy yourself a handy kit that will allow you and a few of your friends to put together a 146 square foot dome made entirely of fully expanded polysterene foam. It is not only waterproof, Rot-proof and termite-proof, it is also highly resistant to earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons. Obviously, the future of housing closely resembles a cross between a needle, ice cream and cake.
Why is it sustainable?
Well, for starters, you can build a house without killing any trees. They are also ridiculous energy efficient and durable. However, the biggest part of what makes them sustainable is trošak.Jedan kit will go for about $ 30,000. Think about it, you can get yourself more complex dome in less than a third of the average house price in Canada. You just have to be reconciled with the concept of living in a giant, pink needle.
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