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2. Earthship - Wikipedia

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   Reynolds developed the Earthship design after moving to New Mexico and completing his degree in architecture, intending them to be "off-the-grid-ready" homes, with minimal reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels. They are constructed to use available natural resources, especially energy from the sun and rain water.

3. Living Off the Grid: 8 Things You Should Know - AOL

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   It treats and reuses water from such things as dishwashing and bathing and redistributes it for things such as irrigation or toilet flushing. 5. Growing Food and Food Preservation. Having access ...

4. Autonomous building - Wikipedia

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   An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, gas grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and in some cases, public roads. Advocates of autonomous building describe advantages that include ...

5. Off-the-grid - Wikipedia

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   Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle [1] designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid , but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from ...

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

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   Securing financing for off-grid homes is also no easy feat. Though there are lending companies that specialize in financing off-grid homes, the majority of banks will not mortgage an ...

7. Living off grid and the English houses where you can - AOL

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8. Zero-energy building - Wikipedia

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   A Zero-Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero-Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site [1] [2] or in other definitions by renewable energy sources offsite, using technology such as heat pumps, high efficiency windows ...

9. Costa Rica's Finca Bellavista Treehouse Community Is 100 ...

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   The infamous treehouse village consisted of seven completely off-the-grid treehouses that relied on solar and wind power for energy, hydroponic sprout farms and composting toilets.