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The pre-fab eco-friendly well designed home

Ranjit Mathoda — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:15:32 +0000

It captures and uses rainwater, heats water and runs it under the floors to heat the house, filters and reuses sink and shower water, has a living roof that insulates the roof, runs mostly on solar power, uses bars of led lighting to light the house, and has double paned glass walls:

http://www.livinghomes.us/

Here’s a non pre-fab eco friendly home for comparison, Idea House in San Francisco’s Mission District:

http://www.sunset.com/sunset/home/article/0,20633,1666702,00.html

Bartering from a paper clip to a house

Ranjit Mathoda — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:46:25 +0000

Gotta love this story about an unemployed man who bartered his way from a red paperclip to ownership of a house (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/07/07/paperclip-house.html).

Every trade he made helped him propel his story further, and attract more attention. I think what he was really doing was creating a novel story, which attracted media attention, which is always a potent asset.

An energy self-sufficient house?

Ranjit Mathoda — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:28:37 +0000

This house, designed by a company that produces lithium batteries, apparently has all the conveniences of a modern American house, but can be disconnected from the power grid because it relies on solar energy, ceiling mounted quiet-running wind turbines, and a geothermal system, with lithium battery storage, for all of its power needs: http://www.hybridtechnologies.com/products/house_home/hybrid_living_home