We’ve talked about hot water coils (water jackets) for wood stoves in a previous blog post. This video by Geoff Lawton of Permaculture fame does a great job of showing his water heater design. See below for the link to his article with more details.
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GreenStone Beer Bottle House
“Las Vegas Entrepreneur finds a creative way to recycle Beer Drinkers empties and Builds the World’s Largest Eco-Friendly GreenStone Building.
Our Green Home
“The process of building our green home – A Photo Journal.
This is a big post with very few words except for the captions. The idea is to have a sticky post at the top of the page for any visitors to the blog to get a snapshot view of the progress of the house from since the start in 2009. We will keep updating the progress as we near completion of our home.
Walk-out or Daylight Basements
Sloped building sites are usually less expensive than level sites, and offer one way to cut the cost of a new home. However, sloped sites are more challenging to build on. One solution is walk-out basements, where most sides of the house are below or partially below ground and one side is level with the ground. Homes with walk-out basements typically look like conventional homes on one side (often the front of the house). From the back of the house (often facing south for solar gain) you can see the basement windows and doors. The best orientation is usually with the long axis of the house east-west with a window wall and doors facing south. This orientation provides natural daylighting and helps heat the home in winter.
DIY $200 Homemade Greenhouse
“Hello all! Here is my homemade greenhouse. Only took me about a day to construct once I gathered all materials.
Best 2011 Instructables
My earthbag dome and earthbag roundhouse project have been selected for the Best of 2011 at Instructables.com. Also, Instructables.com has a new book coming out that will feature my earthbag dome building instructions.