Todd Jersey Architecture Residential
We were pleased to partner with Susan Feichtmeir in beautifully blending Spanish influences to design and build her 3,000 square foot home in the Sonoma Valley. Perfectly suited to the surrounds' climate and terrain, the stucco walls, courtyard, and cool, shaded interiors make this home well suited for the warm Sonoma Valley climate. Oriented to take full advantage of its near-hilltop setting while shielding the interior from the hot summer sun, the floor plan includes all the features one would want in a Sonoma Valley luxury home including: ten-foot ceilings, a master bedroom suite, library, gourmet kitchen, artists studio and wine storage area. Todd Jersey Architecture prides itself on partnering with its clients to develop a project that is unique to their style and in keeping with the surrounding landscape.
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Maison en sacs de terre de 50 m2 pour 8700 euros
Dans les pays occidentaux, le secteur du bâtiment est énergétivore et fortement émetteur de gaz à effet de serre. De plus, construire une maison engloutie les budgets des ménages. Le concept de maison en sacs de terre permet d'utiliser des produits locaux (terre trouvée sur place) et à un coût dérisoire. Les sacs peuvent être remplis de terre, de sable (ou autre matériau), en fonction des ressources disponibles localement. Un sac de terre ou de sable, cela ne bouge pas du tout (il existe plusieurs systèmes pour que l'adhérence des sacs entre eux soit totale : fil de fez barbelé, effet velcro etc.), la maison est très stable. Cette maison, un vrai bunker, est presque indestructible. En secteurs fortement déboisés (Haïti, Afrique subsahélienne etc.) le concept d'EcoDome apporte un avantage majeur : sa construction ne nécessite pas de bois (pas de charpente). De la lune à la terre... - Olivier - "The real form of poverty is the poverty of hope. "Je n'ai rien inventé. Les fondations - lit
16. Passive Solar Radiant Slab | Riversong HouseWright
A passive solar home requires five elements in order to take full advantage of the free and plentiful heat of the sun: an aperture to let in the sun’s warming rays, a control device to keep them out in the summer, an absorber surface to receive the rays without too much reflection, thermal mass to store the heat until it’s needed, and a distribution system to move the heat to where it’s required. For a house to be truly passive, each of these elements should operate without either mechanical power or occupant intervention. The control system, for instance, is ideally properly-designed overhangs. Solar builders are offered a wide array of “apertures” or window options, and with sufficient demand perhaps manufacturers will begin to offer the kind of highly insulating windows that also offer high solar heat gain coefficients (SHGC, as listed on the NFRC label on new units). Throw in an efficient, outside air-coupled woodstove, and the balancing act becomes more delicate. Like this:
Natural Building 101: Building a Cob House
Materials Published on September 12th, 2008 | by ziggy This year, I started building my very own cob house. Cob is an extremely environmentally-friendly natural building material composed of sand, clay, and straw, and it has withstood the test of time and the elements over many past generations all over the world. Haven’t heard of it? Then read on to learn more about this creative, beautiful, and highly ecological building process. What is cob? Cob building dates back hundreds of years ago, and cob houses built over 500 years ago in Europe are still inhabited to this day. The properties of cob Cob structures are monolithic: layers of material are worked together to produce one massive structure, compared to something like adobe, which is typically made into forms that can be stacked like bricks. Cob: beautiful and environmental The main components of cob building – sand, clay, and straw, come directly from the earth, oftentimes right beneath our feet. Cobbing is simple and cooperative (p.s.
Archiplumes | between necessary & sufficient
Eco-Dome: Moon Cocoon - Cal-Earth Building Designs
The Eco-Dome is a small home design of approximately 400 square feet (40 sq. meters) interior space. It consists of a large central dome, surrounded by four smaller niches and a wind-scoop, in a clover leaf pattern. Learning and building an Eco-Dome is the next stage after building a small emergency shelter and provides hands-on learning experience in the essential aspects of Superadobe construction. The finished "very small house" is self-contained and can become a small guest house, studio apartment, or be the first step in a clustered design for community use in an Eco-Village of vaults and domes. Built from local earth-filled Superadobe coils (earth stabilized with cement or lime).Tree free.Maximum use of space through alternative options. The Blueprints for this design are approved and built in Hesperia City and San Bernardino County, California, as well as other regions nationally and internationally. Note:
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ecologie-pratique.org - Construire, restaurer, aménager, cultiver et vivre écologiquement
Tortugaboreal: bioconstruccion
Por fin el taller está casi funcional, a la espera del enlucido final, y la instalación eléctrica. En mi último post, habíamos llegado a avanzar la parte del gallinero, con la idea de aprovechar esa zona como cocina-galería. Aprovechando la pared de ladrillo del gallinero para hacer unas zapatas corridas de hormigón, donde reposar las vigas del suelo y la futura estufa de leña. Lo mismo al fondo, contra la pared de bloque, en este caso para sostener un banco de cob. Enlazamos el cimiento de piedra donde estaba el muro de ladrillo antes, esa esquinita que veis mojada Dani, y delante de él, el esqueleto de la estufa, con la parte superior de una cocina de hierro vieja que encontré tirada ahí mismo, en el gallinero. Merecido descanso de la cuadrilla, después de poner las lonas en el tejado, y el velux reciclado. Encajando los cristales con la motosierra, en la columna. Como cada cristal es de una medida diferente, el muro va a quedar escalonado. Abrazos a todas!!!
Dream Green Home Plans
Seasonal thermal energy storage
Seasonal thermal energy storage (or STES) is the common umbrella term for several technologies for storing heat or cold for periods of up to several months. The thermal energy can be collected whenever it is available and be used whenever needed, such as in the opposing season. For example, heat from solar collectors or waste heat from air conditioning equipment can be gathered in hot months for space heating use when needed, including during winter months. An example of one of the several kinds of STES storages illustrates well the capability of interseasonal heat storage. STES technologies[edit] There are several types of STES technology, covering a range of applications from single small buildings to community district heating networks. UTES (underground thermal energy storage), in which the storage medium may be geological strata ranging from earth or sand to solid bedrock, or aquifers. Conferences and organizations[edit] Use of STES for small, passively heated buildings[edit]
