EARTHSHIP / Green Building Design Principles

EARTHSHIP / Green Building Design Principles

Electricity : From the sun and wind. Water : From rain and snow melt, used four times. Sewage : Treated on site in botanical planters. Heating and Cooling : From the sun and the earth. Food : Grow inside and outside.

Earthships can be built anywhere in the world, in any climate .

Earthships will keep you comfortable in any climate in the world with little to no utility bills / fossil fuels.

Make sure you understand what makes an Earthship an Earthship .

An Earthship is defined by the following six principles:

Thermal/Solar Heating & Cooling Solar & Wind Electricity Contained Sewage Treatment Building with Natural & Recycled Materials Water Harvesting Food Production

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Comfort The concept inBiotecture Any of Climate mass works both to cool and tohow heat a home. Earthships keep you com climate anywhere in the world. temperatures Earthship inthermal any design principle: 'Thermal/Solar Heating & Cooling' details how Earthsh . pages. Book: 'Comfort inbuildings Any Climate' 30, Covers an Earthship stays warm in the win

The 'engine' of the Earthship

All aspects of the Earthship concept, the catch water and waste treatment systems and the solar/wind power systems, climate systems are in addition to do not replace cont Earthship Takes its readers Book: from 'Water from the to solution. Sky' Itto addresses the What There Do you is are want your a lot to plan? of have options... Do a problem private demo have residence? one? shortage inwater New Mexico, the United States, and around You Another can option also apply is to the send 6you principles your local of builders Earthship workshop an Biotecture Earthship as part of to workshops a an larger existing building in building. the USA forand some This or around is other called use? the retrofittin world.

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Earthship Demonstration workshops Retrofitting with Earthship Biotecture Earthship Seminars in Taos, NM, USA

Earthship Biotecture is a concept - building not limited 'BALLPARK' 40% 20% LABOR MATERIALS SYSTEMS COSTS AND OF SUBCONTRACTORS tires AN EARTHSHIP - it is a HOME thatto ARE will take AS FOLLOWS... care of you by encountering and interacting w

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If you Steps are ready to begin , following the Earthship are starting Experience points that can help you decide what you want to do an First

You are some or all of the following: new to the Earthship heard about it, and want to know more beyond exploring earthship.com love Earthships, todinner live in one and don't know where to start on aeven romantic vacation from any type of school or educational facility For Visit Earthship $5 Us you World may take Headquarters awant self-guided located tour in of Taos, this Earthship New Mexico. Visitor's There is always someone availa At the conclusion of your Earthship tour, you may 101 video/DVD want to purchase :Reynolds An 11 our minute introduction The to video the Earthship is also an concept effect may want to arrange Complete for a Library set , a selection ofyou Earthship products providing a solid basis Consultation with Michael . Center. This is a good first step toward learning Experience nightly living in and an Earthship. weekly rentals. Nightly rentals are available in Taos, NM at the Earthship World Head Earthship The weekend Biotecture Seminars begins offers with exciting workshops and a slide which show will and give discussion hands-on of the concepts experience and building history Earthsh of Earth tire pounding, mudding, and building can walls. Sunday seminar will help you get th

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Second Steps

You are some or all of the following: Know what want to build a good idea of what itbuild will take build a building land information about permitting and local climate data prepared for Earthship Biotects - stage Have the money it takes to a building Prepared toyou support a 12 person crew Host $2500 We a to demonstration start an educational/building * project What The building you get is made of local, workshop : recycled over 2 to -catch 6regulations weeks, The beginning to build a demonstration of your Earthship room that that you can can be easily replicate fini materials that will clean water , harvest its own r powe , contain and

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Private $2500 Contract to Residential Earthship start * Biotecture Earthships to build home, anywhere on the planet. We can build your Earthship Analysis of Local occupancy use Floor Plan: based on climate ,your budget, planned occupancy use Project Plan: team build, local crew, intern program * - you Cost Estimates toClimate, move $2500 forward to start to is your phase first II step, getting your sustainable , Earthship independent green home is not cheap. $25 Commercial Do have a Ventures: commercial Contact venture Us requiring here partnership with Biotecture? A Greater World Earthship Community sustainable subdivision started in 1994, 633 acres of rolling mesa with a deep g Lots Available! "Probably the most intense collection of independent, sustainable housing in the world."

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We have 40 years experience at helping people get into Thank Earthship Michael you Reynolds Biotecture for yourof interest sustainable in Earthship homes Biotecture all over the world. We know how to make it easy, safe and s biotecture@earthship.com http://forum.earthship.org/begin-here

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