http://greenerworking.com/1-in-10-homes-can-generate-their-own-clean-power Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://greenerworking.com/1-in-10-homes-can-generate-their-own-clean-power/comment-page-1#comment-4659 JSambdman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:59:23 +0000 http://greenerworking.com/?p=8238#comment-4659 What we need is a paradigm shift in what we think about our homes and other structures. It is time for a radical departure from what we think of as a home. The building techniques of the past cannot persist into the future as they are wastedul and thus unsustainable. The homes found here: www.monolithic.com use one third the power of a conventional home and cost the same to build and use almost no wood. A commercial structure built in this manner costs less to build, goes up faster and the construction cost can be recaptured over 15 years with the savings in heating and cooling. Adding highly efficient appliances, and reusing the gray water for watering the lawn or flushing toilets will greatly reduce water usage. Water usage could be further reduced with the use of incinerating toilets. Because of these homes miserly energy usage, the homes power needs could be entirely provided with a solar panel system or wind turbine. A home built in this fashion would have no power bill and no water bill or sewage bill. The goal for me would to be completely off grid. Ideally, one could have a small family garden for vegetables and the like. We need to be more self sufficient and less reliant on a centralized power grid and food distribution network. What we need is a paradigm shift in what we think about our homes and other structures. It is time for a radical departure from what we think of as a home. The building techniques of the past cannot persist into the future as they are wastedul and thus unsustainable. The homes found here: http://www.monolithic.com use one third the power of a conventional home and cost the same to build and use almost no wood. A commercial structure built in this manner costs less to build, goes up faster and the construction cost can be recaptured over 15 years with the savings in heating and cooling. Adding highly efficient appliances, and reusing the gray water for watering the lawn or flushing toilets will greatly reduce water usage. Water usage could be further reduced with the use of incinerating toilets.
Because of these homes miserly energy usage, the homes power needs could be entirely provided with a solar panel system or wind turbine. A home built in this fashion would have no power bill and no water bill or sewage bill. The goal for me would to be completely off grid.
Ideally, one could have a small family garden for vegetables and the like. We need to be more self sufficient and less reliant on a centralized power grid and food distribution network.

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