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It was locked. All we could was poke our fingers through the mesh. As the week wore on, we considered unscrewing it.

the home is built on an east-west axis to take advantage of passive solar on the south. this also keeps things nice and bright, so you don't have to turn your lights on as much, conserving energy.

 

you can read an article on marilyn pedretti's strawbale home from her local paper here.

 

seen on the 2007 MREA wisconsin solar tour.

People check out the greenhouse ceiling vents and the view from the roof during the open house.

Photo Duncan Kinney, Green Energy Futures

The bed in SEED's Post-Carbon Homestead in Cape Town is made of shipping pallets

OPS is pleased to have provided the system integration and power electronics for this hybrid renewable system that includes solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, diesel generators and proprietary OPS power conversion technology.

 

Caribbean article at OPS blog

 

OPS Project Information here

 

OPS Global website

 

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The ceiling vents in the greenhouse allow rising hot air to escape which pulls cool air into the house through the Earthtubes. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures www.greenenergyfutures.ca

The above photograph shows the renewable sources in use at the Caribbean hybrid power system at the time of system commissioning.

 

Caribbean article at OPS blog

 

OPS Project Information here

 

OPS Global website

From www.realgoods.com, this is a popular item in the catalogue. See more DC appliances for off-grid living at Real Goods.

Intensive cropping methods allow up to 4 times the production on the same acreage.

Duncan Kinney takes a break from the hard work of pounding tires. Over 800 tires were used in the construction of the Kinney family Earthship.

Photo Duncan Kinney, Green Energy Futures

The SEED Post-Carbon Homestead in Cape Town is solar-powered

Volunteers and crew celebrating on the last day of the build. In five short weeks 13 crew and more than 30 volunteers helped us build an Earthship. Photo Duncan Kinney, Green Energy Futures

The walls were a combination of rough concrete scratch down to very fine adobe finishing plaster. Here a worker lays on a layer of fairly rough concrete plaster.

Photo Duncan Kinney, Green Energy Futures

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