An Earthship is a type of house built with natural and recycled materials, with energy conservation in mind. It is designed to produce energy, water and food for its own use.
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E3 Encounter Earthship Progress Images
/Studio, One Bed, Two bed, Three Bed. Off-grid, zero fossil-fuels – all modern amenities. Solar Electricity, Catch Water, Contained Waste Water Treatment, Passive Solar, Thermal Dynamics. Modern Appliances and Modern Living. Clothes washer and dryer. Electric cooking (can have natural gas or liquid propane). Printed Encounter Construction Drawings are available. $400 – $600
Read more »Earthship Biotecture on ‘The Adaptors’
/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn8XeOhzr7s Super Sustainable Buildings via Thermal Dynamics & Passive Solar. An Earthship is a type of passive solar house that is made of both natural and upcycled materials (such as earth-packed tires). Earthships can be completely off-grid or partially off-grid. Earthships can be built in any part of the world, in any climate (with a permit) and still provide electricity, potable water, […]
Read more »Amazing Earthship Video with Drone Footage
/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVp5koAOu9M New Earthshipscapture more energy, water & food at lower cost by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2020 With walls made from old tires packed with earth, as well as upcycled glass bottles and cans, Earthships have always been built with mainly found materials. The home provides its own energy (with photovoltaics and passive solar […]
Read more »A Lithium-Ion Battery Primer
/Lithium batteries are on a lot of people’s minds these days. Lithium battery technology allows for smaller and lighter battery banks, very low maintenance, greater depth of discharge compared to lead acid batteries, and much longer cycle life. Lithium is the lightest of all elemental metals, has the greatest electrochemical potential and provides the largest […]
Read more »A brief history of Earthships
/For four decades the Earthship has been evolving. We spent a couple of decades evolving the various aspects of the Earthship and trying to learn how to make them work in a reliable user friendly way. This involved… the structure built from largely recycled materials the heating cooling aspects the electrical system the water harvest […]
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