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  2. Step inside this net-zero, off-grid Greek Revival-style home ...

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    Home: This is a three-bed, two-bath, 2,600-square-foot, Greek Revival-style home in Kingsley. It was built in 2023. Distinctive Elements: Net-zero, off-grid home built according to Passivhaus and ...

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

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    Currently, approximately 750,000 households live off the grid, with that number increasing about 10 percent each year, according to Nick Rosen, author of "Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Tiny-house movement - Wikipedia

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    Semi-mobile tiny house in New Zealand. Tiny house with cottage style (10x24 ft) The tiny-house movement (also known as the small house movement) [1] is an architectural and social movement promoting the reduction and simplification of living spaces. [2][3][4] Tiny homes have been promoted as offering lower-cost and sometimes eco-friendly ...

  8. Off-the-Grid Rentals for an Unplugged Vacation - AOL

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    Adjacent to the Gila National Forest (45 minutes away from the Arizona border) is this off-grid home powered by solar, meaning it offers creature comforts like a kitchen, TV, and indoor bathrooms.

  9. 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 ...