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  2. Autonomous building - Wikipedia

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    Reducing autonomy reduces the size and expense of cisterns. Many autonomous homes can reduce water use below 10 US gallons (38 L) per person per day, so that in a drought a month of water can be delivered inexpensively via truck. Self-delivery is often possible by installing fabric water tanks that fit the bed of a pick-up truck.

  3. Ecocapsule - Wikipedia

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    The Ecocapsule is powered primarily by a built-in, 750-watt (1.01 hp) wind turbine and secondarily by a high-efficiency, 880-watt (1.18 hp) solar cell array. [1] [3] [4] It is designed to produce more energy than it consumes, as long as the external temperature remains between −5 °C (23 °F) and 50 °C (122 °F). [1]

  4. Is Off-the-Grid Living the Future of Housing? - AOL

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    According to Sheri Koones, author of "Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid," the most optimal solution for wide-scale sustainable modern housing is not the independent, self-sufficient household ...

  5. Integral Urban House - Wikipedia

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    In 1972 Sim Van der Ryn, Bill & Helga Olkowski, and other architects, engineers, and biologists in the San Francisco Bay Area held a series of meetings at restaurants ("usually Chinese") [2] to form the Farallones Institute, [1] which was founded as a non-profit research and educational organization focused on studying self-reliant living and developing sustainable environmental practices at ...

  6. Lebanese architect builds a 'self-sufficient' home - AOL

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    STORY: A Lebanese architect built himself a 'self-sufficient' hometo raise awareness about the pollution associated with constructionLocation: Baskinta, Lebanon(Nizar Haddad, Architect)“Today ...

  7. The Latest From #PlantTok Are Mini Ecosystems—Here's ... - AOL

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    The sealed, self-sustaining environments rely on the water cycle and photosynthesis to thrive, according to Tropical Glass, a British company that sells terrariums. The living things inside the ...