A Passive Solar Home Built Into the Hillside Asks $610K in Northern California. Designed in 1980, the partially sunken Sunburst Residence keeps a low profile—and a low carbon footprint. In Applegate, California, halfway between Sacramento and the mountains of Lake Tahoe, a passive solar home known as the Sunburst Residence emerges from the trees. Built … Read more
The One House In Washington That’s Straight Out Of A Sci-Fi Movie. In Washington, we’re no stranger to weird happenings. In fact, we love to embrace it all! In the early 1970s, a man named Michael Reynolds came up with idea of Earthships. Never heard of this before? Then let us explain. Reynolds came up … Read more
A typical 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom earthship takes about 4 months to build with an experienced crew and materials organized and money flowing from a construction account. Building an Earthship yourself will take longer and depend on several factors but expect it to take at least six months. If you cannot work full time on … Read more
▶Off Grid and Self-Sustaining Homes with Jonah Reynolds of EarthShipsPlay video · loads YouTube Have you heard of Earth Ships? This episode is with Jonah Reynolds, Earthship Biotect – which is the number one eco-construction and self-sufficient living design. Off-grid, self-sustainable houses. Absolutely an alternative investment. We talk about their construction, how they work and … Read more
A 560 square feet earthship home in The Santa Cruz Mountains in California. Hey guys! We’re Taylor and Steph Bode. In early 2013, we set out on an adventure to find land in California where we could build an Earthship-inspired cabin for ourselves. We had been studying Earthships in Taos, NM and made it our … Read more
▶What is it like living in an Earthship? Part 1Play video · loads YouTube What is a Biotecture Home? A Biotecture building is a type of passive solar house that is made of both natural and upcycled materials (such as earth-packed tires). ‘Biotectures’ can be completely off-grid or partially off-grid. Biotectures can be built in any … Read more
▶What is it like living in an Earthship? Part 2Play video · loads YouTube What is a Biotecture Home? A Biotecture building is a type of passive solar house that is made of both natural and upcycled materials (such as earth-packed tires). ‘Biotectures’ can be completely off-grid or partially off-grid. Biotectures can be built in any … Read more
Ideas being implemented elsewhere could serve as housing solutions in Ventura County, according to three speakers who presented their ideas Wednesday at a housing issues forum in Ventura. Eco-friendly homes, shipping container homes and small “pocket neighborhoods” were pitched as ideas that could ease the housing crunch in Ventura County. The housing issues forum is … Read more
The Passive House Standard for low-energy buildings is being put through its paces in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market. The Ice Box Challenge involves putting two identical 720-kilogram blocks of ice under two separate structures – one built to the Australian Building Code, and the other to the Passive House Standard. The boxes will then be … Read more
This House in Adelaide Was Built With $170K and a Lot of Used Tyres Night is close to falling across the Adelaide Hills as a permaculture group talks about what Martin Freney should be planting around his earthship when it’s finally done. Down the hill is Marty’s earthship, which is an ideal home for anyone who … Read more
