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2. Brenda and Robert Vale - Wikipedia

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   The Self-Sufficient House: D.I.Y. Techniques for Saving Fuel, Heat and Money. BCA/Macmillan London Ltd. ISBN 978-0-333-25868-2. Vale, Brenda; Vale, Robert James Dennis (1975). The Autonomous House: Design and Planning for Self-sufficiency. Universe Books. ISBN 9780876632543. Vale, Robert James Dennis (1973). Results of solar collector study ...

3. Double envelope house - Wikipedia

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   Double envelope house. A double envelope house is a passive solar house design which collects solar energy in a solarium and passively allows the warm air to circulate around the house between two sets of walls, a double building envelope. This design is from 1975 by Lee Porter Butler in the United States.

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. [ [File:Our Hut - Flickr - brewbooks b.jpg |thumb|upright=1.3|A house using solar panels and rainwater harvesting]] 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 ...

6. House plan - Wikipedia

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   House plan. Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade. Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan[1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.

7. Microgeneration - Wikipedia

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   Microgeneration can be integrated as part of a self-sufficient house and is typically complemented with other technologies such as domestic food production systems (permaculture and agroecosystem), rainwater harvesting, composting toilets or even complete greywater treatment systems.