Just wanted to let y'all what's been going on the past couple days. I've been trying to figure out what water, sewage, heating, and energy systems to use, and, surprise surprise, they've led me back to...the earthship!
When I was first coming up with the project, I originally wanted to design my own earthship, but when I found out that there is a basic model for it (what is called the global model), I figured I couldn't design my own. But... I failed to question if there was any way I could design a custom model.
It turns out there are many different models of the earthship, including the vaulted model, simple survival, packaged model, custom designs (yay!), and community models.
All of the systems that sustain the earthship are 100% sustainable and that's always appealed to me. I've found some other systems that are ecologically sound, as well. But I need to do some more comparison and contrasting.
As of now, I am leaning towards designing my own earthship, which still encompasses the "unique" part of my project title. I'm not sure if I have enough time to put together techniques used in other models. But, I'm not done researching yet.
A very, VERY short term goal I have (meaning, tomorrow) is to post an entry comparing and contrasting at least the sewage, water, energy, and heating systems of a variety of sustainable house plans. I know I haven't gone in depth of the structural design of the earthship or other ideas I've had, so I'm going to do that tomorrow in a very loooong post. Be ready to read!
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