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- 1. Do you care about the environment? Well you should! And here's a way to live in a wastefree home!
- 2. Overall concept 1. This building will be a regular everyday home near a wetland on a hill 2. Our inspiration was parts of our dream houses and combined them into one 3. Buttonbush- wetland in Pennsylvania a. Sunshine- about 12-13 hours per day b. Rainfall 46.74 cm per year c. High temp on average is 62.4 d. Low temp on average is 42.2
- 4. Water Petal - overview ○ Constructed wetland- piping system for clean water. ○ Grey water goes to a septic tank and cleans slightly, but then is pumped into constructed wetland ○ Black water= Reed Beds ○ Low Energy Demand ■ Take shorter showers ■ Install low or dual flush models ■ Water saving shower heads ■ Turn off water when brushing teeth
- 5. Reed Beds ● By doing this we will need to plant a bog plants, already there, which contain a high amount of nitrogen ● They have the ability to 'pump' oxygen down from their leaves, into their submerged roots and out into the mud surrounding them. ● This can support large numbers of very active microbes, which can continue the job of cleaning up the water to a very high standard. ● To build, dig a sloping pond-like structure, lining it, filling it with bog-garden compost and planting the reeds. ● The reeds themselves may take a year or two to get established.
- 7. Energy Petal - overview ○ Solar panels and windmills ○ Store the energy with wind turbines with water storage ○ Reducing Energy Demand by ■ unplug things when not being used like TV, microwave, etc. ■ Have natural lighting ■ Don’t use air conditioner/heat-- find another way to stay warm/cold ■ If needed to use power, use a power strip
- 9. Beauty Petal - overview ○ Many windows for natural light. Also pleasing floors and wall for aesthetics. Paintings and a welcoming environment. ○ The outside of the building will be a nice color that blends into the environment, but also is eye catching and pretty to look at ○ To educate the people we will have an attachment on the house (that has many windows and room) explaining how we built our house and how it works. It would be free admission for everyone and wheelchair accessible. ○ To teach the visitors, have a little piece that a visitor can help build and make a little piece of the house and learn about how the house was built and how it doesn’t hurt the environment, but is still pretty and working.
- 11. Place Petal - overview ○ Build on a site that has been previously own by finding places online or walking around and looking for homes that are for sale or that can be bought. ○ We will plant foods on the land and have fertile soil from the wetland. We can store the food by eating it, but if it is not all used we can store it in a basket, so no energy is being consumed by a refrigerator. ○ Not many people live right on a wetland, so we would have to walk/bike to get places.
- 12. Why is our design the best? Our design is the best design because you need a place to call home, but also save the environment