Designed by Scott Specht studio architecture Spect Harpman Architects, the “Zero House” is a prefabricated house of 200 square meters totally autonomous and environmentally friendly. The roof is made of solar panels that provides electricity so you don’t have to worry about electricity and the power is then stored in a battery backup. Once completely charged, the home can run efficiently for one week without a hint of sunlight. The roof and also includes a tank of rainwater harvesting over 10 cubic meters. The ground floor when it is equipped with a unit of waste composting. The rest of the house features energy saving design strategies including ample daylighting (led lights are used for artificial light requirements), incredibly energy efficient wall assemblies (r-58 in fact), triple glazed windows, and a compact design (reducing overall energy requirements). Initial studies indicate that the home will sell for around $350,000. – Via – Treehugger & Materialicio
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By Mihai
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What an interesting design. It looks like it might be able to fly, too:-)
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I am impressed. Do you have a version for tropical region. I ittend to live in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Really like the blog. I’ve been building solar panels for small businesses for ages now and carrying out pretty well… Glad I found this place.
Nice and simple design..
I assumed the solar panel “wings” have another function as rain water collector, maybe it will be better if the solar panel construction is re-designed with 4 direction so it will shaped like cross. With 4 panels, the lenght of the solar panel can be shorter (in case of reducing uplift wind force) and the rain water collector function will be more optimized.