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  2. 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 ...

  3. Autonomous building - Wikipedia

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    Reducing autonomy reduces the size and expense of cisterns. Many autonomous homes can reduce water use below 10 US gallons (38 L) per person per day, so that in a drought a month of water can be delivered inexpensively via truck. Self-delivery is often possible by installing fabric water tanks that fit the bed of a pick-up truck.

  4. Boxabl - Wikipedia

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    Boxabl provides pre-fabricated homes with walls, a floor, and a roof that fold into each other to form a self-contained transportable unit. [2] The company's main model, the Casita, is a 361 square foot base unit. [14] [29] [30] According to their website, these homes are designed to be unpacked and assembled in less than an hour.

  5. Integral Urban House - Wikipedia

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    In 1972 Sim Van der Ryn, Bill & Helga Olkowski, and other architects, engineers, and biologists in the San Francisco Bay Area held a series of meetings at restaurants ("usually Chinese") [2] to form the Farallones Institute, [1] which was founded as a non-profit research and educational organization focused on studying self-reliant living and developing sustainable environmental practices at ...

  6. Interest soars in self-sustaining homes called Earthships - AOL

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  7. Off-the-grid - Wikipedia

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    Using renewable energy, an on-site water source, sustainable agriculture and vertical farming techniques is paramount in taking a community off the grid. A recent concept design by Eric Wichman shows a multi-family community, which combines all of these technologies into one self-sufficient neighborhood. To grow the community you simply add ...

  8. Low-energy house - Wikipedia

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    The Energy Star program is the largest certifier of low-energy homes and consumer products in the U.S. Although certified Energy Star homes use at least 15 percent less energy than standard new homes built in accordance with the International Residential Code, they typically achieve a 20- to 30-percent savings. [23]

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