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  2. New Mexico's Earthship Homes Are a World Away From ... - AOL

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    Living Off the Grid in a Mail-Order Home . Hamptons' First Eco-Container Home on Sale for $1.3 Million. More on AOL Real Estate: Find out how to calculate mortgage payments. Find homes for sale in ...

  3. Ecocapsule - Wikipedia

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    Ecocapsule. The Ecocapsule is an egg -shaped, mobile dwelling home that utilises solar and wind energy. It was developed by Nice Architects, a firm based in Bratislava, Slovakia. [1][2] Shaped like an egg to minimize its surface-area-to-volume ratio, its walls are made of two layers of fiberglass with polyurethane foam sandwiched in between. [1]

  4. 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.

  5. Off-the-grid - Wikipedia

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    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 residential homes to small communities. Off-the-grid living allows for buildings and people to be self-sufficient, which is advantageous in isolated locations ...

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

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    According to Sheri Koones, author of "Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid," the most optimal solution for wide-scale sustainable modern housing is not the independent, self-sufficient household ...

  7. Earthship - Wikipedia

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    The successful application was for sixteen one, two, and three-bedroom earthship homes on this site, expected to have a sale price of 250 - 400,000 pounds. [22] The homes are all designed according to basic earthship principles developed in the United States and adapted to the UK. 15,000 tires will be reused to construct these homes (the UK ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Why the CEO of a big US homebuilder is gambling on green homes

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    Its CEO, Allan Merrill, said Beazer was close to meeting the goal. The effort has come at a cost; Merrill said climate-friendly features can add $10,000 to $30,000 to construction and that the ...