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1. Thermal/Solar (a) Heating & (b) Cooling.
2. Solar & Wind Electricity.
3. Contained Sewage Treatment.
4. Building with Natural & Recycled Materials.
5. Water Harvesting.
6. Food Production.
6 Principles
6 Principles, Presentations on Youtube
Natural Air Conditioning
Solar Angle Basics
References
Appendix
6 Principles, Presentations on Youtube
6 Earthship Principles : Presentations on Youtube
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Principle #4. Natural &
Recycled Materials
Principle #6, Food
Production
Principle #5, Water
Harvesting
Principle #1, Thermal /
Solar Heating & Cooling
Principle #2, Solar & Wind
Electricity
Principle #3, Contained
Sewage
Example: Earthship-Style Room
1 (a) Solar Heating
aka - Solar Gain / Passive
Presentation by InterConnected
1 - Solar / Thermal Heating & Cooling
1 - Solar / Thermal Heating & Cooling Video Presentation
Video on Youtube - Presentation available
here:-
Earthship Principle #1, Thermal / Solar
Heating & Cooling
Presentation available at InterConnected
1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain”
Sunlight enters the building during the day.
1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain”
The floor, walls, etc absorb energy,
getting hotter during the day
1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain”
This ‘stored energy’ is then useful during colder
hours, such as night-time, winters etc.
1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain”
The Problem, in Taiwan:-
Too much heat. Usually for 8
or 10 months every year.
1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain”
So We’ll look at ways of
reducing energy from the sun
later such as roof overhangs,
cable awnings, shades, blinds,
curtains etc..
1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain”
Which Materials, would be better
for absorbing energy?
Air? Stone? Metal? Water?
Why? In what situations?
A QUESTION:-
End of Solar Heating
Any Questions?
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Solar Chimneys -
Wikipedia link.
More Info on Solar Gain -
Wikipedia link.
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
Aka “Convection Engine”
Presentation by InterConnected
1 - Solar / Thermal Heating & Cooling
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
We can use Heat, to cool
buildings.
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
Hot air, rises.
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
Using a Vent, in
the roof, we can
allow Hot Air to
escape
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
As the Hot Air inside the building escapes
through the vent in the roof -
Fresh air is drawn in through a ventilation pipe.
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
The fresh air from outside, is cooled as it loses
heat to the earth underground.
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
This creates a flow of air, driven by Hot Air rising
up through the Roof Vent.
Also search for ‘Solar Chimneys’ & take a look. Old, effective Tech ;-)
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
ResearchGate Link:
From this data, we can
see that Ground
Temperature at a Depth
of 1 metre can vary
between 10 to 30 C.
At a Depth of 2 metres,
Ground Temperature
varies between
18 to 25 C.
Florides, Georgios & Kalogirou, Soteris. (2019). Annual ground temperature measurements at various depths.
1 THERMAL PERFORMANCE.
The red Area, and Blue
area, show
Temperatures
throughout the year.
‘No fuel’ - the Blue Line -
this is the temperature
with no additional
heating.
‘COMFORT’ - the Red
Line - shows how little
fuel is required to heat
or cool an Earthship.
1 THERMAL PERFORMANCE.
1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING.
More Info on Temperatures Underground -
ResearchGate.
More Info on Solar Gain -
Wikipedia link.
End of Thermal Cooling
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2 - Solar & Wind Electricity
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Video on Youtube - Presentation available
here:-
Earthship Principle #2, Solar & Wind
Electricity
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Presentation available at InterConnected
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Solar Panels
These come in 2 types:
a. PV (photovoltaic)
b. Thermal
Images:
Solar Panel, Wikipedia, license.
Solar Heater, Wikipedia, license.
Batteries, Wikipedia, license.
Both types of Solar panel are common in Taiwan.
1) Solar Photovoltaic
For Electricity, typically feeding
a battery bank.
2) Solar Thermal
For Hot Water, stored in a hot
water tank.
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Solar Photovoltaic
For Electricity, typically feeding
a battery bank.
Works in sunny & cloudy
conditions.
Electricity Storage
Typically in batteries. Some examples:-
● Lead Acid - (car batteries)
● Lithium ion (in your phone / tablet / Tesla Power Wall)
● Nickel iron (possibly one of the best for the environment,
and repeated deep discharge does not reduce life
significantly - wikipedia link
● We can also use Water, as well as Air, to store energy from
Solar Panels. We’ll come to that in a later slide ;-)
Images: Solar Panel, Wikipedia, license.
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Solar Thermal
For Hot Water, stored in a hot
water tank.
Solar thermal panels can be
placed
a) On the roof with an
integral tank(s)
b) On the ground outside,
feeding an integral hot
water tank, or a water
tank in the building.
Image: Solar Heater, Wikipedia, license.
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Wind Turbines
For Electricity, typically feeding
a battery bank.
1. Each type of wind turbine
has pros & cons with
regard to efficiency at
different wind speeds
2. Reliability
3. repair & maintenance
4. cost of installation
Etc etc….
Image: Wikipedia - Turbine , license.
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Types
There are 2 basic
types of wind
turbines
1. Vertical Axis
2. Horizontal
Axis
Wikipedia link
Turbines animation By Ssgxnh - Own work, Public Domain,
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Wind Speed
Some types of wind turbine will
spin with slower wind speeds.
*see at 1m 14s.
Safety / Maintenance
They may also not ‘blow up’ or
disintegrate by spinning out of
control in a Typhoon.
Video: Earthship Biotecture Youtube Channel
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
OTHER OPTIONS TO GENERATE
POWER
Graphic by , https://www.theengineer.co.uk/pumped-hydro-storage/
Pumped Hydro with Micro Turbine.
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
FIRST - USE LESS.
A more efficient home,
needs less energy.
Earthships use a lot less energy than
conventional housing.
Some figures from the UK in 2014.
So we can use the figures in the blue
sections.
*Comparison is not direct, but we
know in the UK people mostly use
Gas for heating.
Source: graph_source kWh: 9,000 *13,500 19,000
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
EARTHSHIP ANNUAL
HEATING & COOLING.
Earthship figures are from 600
kWh to 2,600 kWh annually.
600 kWh is for the Global Model
Earthship, which is the most
efficient Earthship design.
Less efficient Earthship designs
consume up to 2,600 kWh.
Data chart : Earthship NZ
kWh: from 600, to 3,000.
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Earthship Figures are for
‘heating & cooling’ annually
(Global Earthship Model)
UK figures - we have used the
figure for Gas consumption, to
exclude lighting & other
appliances.
So, we can ‘guesstimate’ that
an Earthship will use between a
Fifth (1/5th) and a Twentieth
(1/20th) of the energy of a
conventional home.
13,500 / 600 = 22.5. 13,500 / 2,600 = 5.2
So, with this said…..
What impact does that have on our
Solar, or Wind Turbine
requirements?
Basically, we need a lot less
infrastructure to provide the energy
required by the home.
E.g. - If a ‘medium sized’ house in
the UK needed 22 solar panels, a
‘Global Model’ Earthship would need
1.
Again, ‘guesstimates’, but illustrates
the point.
Images: Solar Panel, Wikipedia, license.
2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY.
Regular House - 22 panels Earthship Global Model - 1
Earthship - Uninsulated, no
Berm, no Greenhouse - 5
2 - SOLAR & WIND
End of Solar & Wind
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3 - Contained Sewage Treatment
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3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
Video on Youtube - Presentation available
here:-
Earthship Principle 3, Greywater and
Blackwater Treatment
Presentation available at InterConnected
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
‘Waste’ water in Earthships, is not seen as ‘waste’, but is re-used for watering plants, flushing toilets etc.
We are working with 2 Types here - 1) ‘Greywater’, and 2) ‘Blackwater. First, let’s look at Greywater.
1) What is ‘Greywater’?
Water from :
● Showers
● Hand-basins etc.
Images: wikicommons: shower (license), wash basin (licence) Presentation by InterConnectedImages: wash basin, licence | shower, licence
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
Instead of throwing this
water away to the drains
outside -
From the showers &
hand-basins, the water
flows to a Filter, at one
end of the Planter.
These filters have been
made from peat, gravel,
sand & other materials.
Greywater
Bathroom
Filter
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3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
After filtering, the water
runs through the planter,
feeding the plants.
The roots of the plants
help to clean the water -
one of the ways the roots
help is by oxygenating the
soil and water.
(Oxygen = highly reactive)
Greywater
Presentation by InterConnected
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
Greywater
After the roots of the
plants have helped to
clean the water - there is a
well, and a pump at the
other end of the planter.
This water is then clean
enough to filter & fill our
toilet cisterns & use for
flushing our toilets.
Greywater
Presentation by InterConnected
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
These planters can
produce plenty of food.
Herbs, tomatoes, and
even banana trees have
been spotted in some
houses;-)
Greywater
Presentation by InterConnected
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
Kitchen Sink
Some Earthships have also used the water from
the kitchen sink - extra grease / particle traps are
required for this.
Not everyone likes cleaning the grease traps
though, so I believe it is more common now for
kitchen sink water to go out with Blackwater.
The Septic Tank then deals with it.
Greywater
Presentation by InterConnected
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
2) What is ‘Blackwater’
Blackwater comes from our toilets.
We typically need to process blackwater through a
Septic Tank, or Reed Beds etc, before allowing it to
flow back onto our land, and into our Groundwater /
water table.
(Kitchen Sink waste water often goes together to the
Septic Tank)
Images: wikicommons: toilet (license)
2) Blackwater
Presentation by InterConnectedImage: toilet, licence
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
2) Blackwater
Water from toilets typically
goes to a normal Septic Tank.
Septic Tank
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3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
2) Blackwater
The overflow from the Septic
Tank runs into an exterior
rubber-lined Botanical Cell
Septic Tank
Exterior Rubber-lined
Botanical Cell
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3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
2) Blackwater
The Botanical Cell can be used
for growing landscaping plants.
I have heard of people using it
for fruit trees - not herbs / salad
vegetables.
Plants with trunks - maybe
guava / papaya / banana /
lemon would be suitable to
test.
Septic Tank
Exterior Rubber-lined
Botanical Cell
Presentation by InterConnected
3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT.
2) Blackwater
If intending to use for food, the
plants / soil / food cropped should
be tested.
It is cheap enough in the U.S. to
send soil & fruit samples off to the
laboratory to ensure the food is free
of pathogens & fit for consumption.
I assume similar tests are available
in other countries.
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3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT
End of Sewage Treatment
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4 - Building with Natural &
Recycled Materials
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4 - NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
Video on Youtube - Presentation available
here:-
Building with Natural and Recycled
Materials, Earthship Principle 4
Presentation available at InterConnected
4 - NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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‘Natural’ and Recycled materials is a pretty broad topic, but here are some examples commonly used in
Earthships :-
● Tyres
● Bottles
● Cans
● Rammed Earth
● Adobe
● Cob
● Bamboo
● Wood
● Other materials
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Overview:
● Tyres - an 'Earthship
Signature' material
● Bottles - full width through
wall to admit light
Tyres: Wikicommons, Eugene Kim
from San Francisco, USA - Tire Bricks
Bottle Wall, AD / Earthship.com.
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Overview:
● Aluminium Can Walls,
essentially ‘lost formwork’
● Rammed Earth
Can walls: Victorgrigas, Wikicommons Rammed Earth :- AG Credit Lobby Wall,
RammedEarthWorks.com
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Overview:
● Adobe
● Cob
Adobe Brick Wall - 4 Person Eco
Home, Taiwan
Cob Wall :- wikicommons
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Overview:
● Bamboo
● Wood
● Other materials - straw / straw
bale, urbanite, engineered
timber beams (glulam timber /
bamboo), paper insulation,
expanded clay - many options
Bamboo, wikicommons, licence. Log, wikipedia
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Details: Tyres - an 'Earthship
Signature' material
Tyres: Eugene Kim, Wikicommons Concrete Blocks, wikipedia.
A very common objection to using
tyres, is that ‘they don’t look nice’.
They don’t. But neither do concrete
blocks.
Of course, finishes are applied to
the interior and exterior surfaces of
walls in addition to the ‘structural’
blocks used.
? Issue with offgassing - some say
yes, others say no. Google it.
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Tyres - Positives
Tyres: Eugene Kim, Wikicommons
● Readily available
● Cost
● Mass - stored heat
● Size - thick walls (2 ft)
● Almost any dirt will do (in a
form & not a finished surface)
● Amazing engineering
● Flexibility with wall design
● Durability
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Bottles - full width through wall to
admit light
Bottle ‘brick’: Jessica Reeder,
wikipedia
Bottle Wall, AD / Earthship.com.
Re-using bottles is similar to using
aluminium cans as formwork, using
glass bottles reduces the amount of
sand/cement required in a wall.
The obvious advantage to using
glass bottles, is that light is admitted
through them, creating some very
pleasing walls. Little energy is
required to repurpose, compared to
melting down to recycle.
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Aluminium Can Walls, essentially
‘lost formwork’
Can walls: Victorgrigas, Wikicommons
Re-using aluminium cans is similar to
using glass bottles, reducing the amount
of sand/cement required in a wall.
The aluminium cans form a space in the
wall that then requires no sand/cement.
The wall is a kind of ‘honeycomb’ of
mortar or concrete when finished,
requiring far less material to construct.
The wall is then rendered in a similar way
to any other wall.
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Rammed Earth
Rammed Earth :- AG Credit Lobby Wall, RammedEarthWorks.com
My personal favourite ;-). Although not
necessarily the best for everything!
Monolithic
No board / rendering / plastering required
to finish.
As massive as rammed earth in tyres.
Requires formwork very similar to pouring
concrete, so a little more technical.
Beautiful wall finishes.
Easier to mechanically ram earth (see
Minke, small wacker plates / pneumatic
tampers)
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Adobe
Sand, Clay.
Rice Straw / Husks / etc
Easy to make
Very pleasant aesthetically
Easy to recycle
Can be (nearly) as massive as a tyre wall
/ rammed earth wall
As with other earth-based materials,
Adobe bricks regulate humidity well
Some reports of difficulty keeping clean Adobe Brick Wall - 4 Person Eco Home, Taiwan
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Cob Wall
Soil, straw
Massive - thermal mass
Materials are readily available
Relatively easy to build
Time required between ‘courses’
Freeform / flexibility with wall design
As with tyre walls, rammed earth, adobe,
cob is also fireproof.
Cob Wall :- wikicommons
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Other Materials
Straw
Straw bale
Urbanite
Engineered timber beams (glulam
timber / bamboo)
Paper / wool insulation
Expanded clay
….Many options…..
4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS
End of Building with Natural &
Recycled Materials
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5 - Water Harvesting
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5 - WATER HARVESTING.
Video on Youtube - Presentation available
here:-
Water Harvesting, Earthship Principle 5
Presentation available at InterConnected
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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WHY do we want to harvest rainwater in Taiwan?
(or anywhere: UK, US, Europe?)
Before we get into Water Harvesting ‘Earthship Style’:
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
Presentation by InterConnected
Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731
US
We get rain, right?
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731
US
● Taiwan, is the
Rainiest Developed
Country
on the planet.
● The whole planet.
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731
US
Taiwan averages:-
● 2.6 metres of rain
annually.
8.5 feet
102 inches
2600 mm
● Source: wikipedia
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731
US
● Taiwan's heaviest rainfall
in history :-
● 2009 Typhoon Morakot
● Measuring 3.06 metres of
rain in Alishan & Chiayi
● (over 10 feet, or 120
inches), over 2 or 3 days.
● 3+ metres of rain, in 2 or
3 days.
● More climate info: CWB
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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"Why do we want to retain water in a country like Taiwan where
we measure rainfall in METRES?"
(or the UK, nearly a metre, the US, Europe….etc etc)
So, again, the question:-
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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Year: 2015
“Taiwan is facing its worst
drought in 67 years, with the
island reservoirs at
dangerously low levels.”
Source: BBC
Droughts & Shortages
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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Every year, there is the threat
of another water shortage.
Shimen Reservoir at 25%
7th March 2015.
Source: Taiwan News
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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1st June 2018:
(basically building a higher dam wall...)
“Taipei, June 1 (CNA) To ease the recent shortage of
water in Taiwan, Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) declared
Friday that measures will be taken to increase Taiwan's
water supply to 1.9 billion tons by 2031, which means
there will be an increase of 5.2 million tons of water on
average each day.”
Source: Focus Taiwan
18th April 2018
“Water shortage looming in Tainan”
Source: Focus Taiwan
Image: Wushantou Reservoir, June 2018, Taiwan News
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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Silt now accounts for a third of the capacity at 6
of Taiwan’s 18 main reservoirs.
“Enough silt accumulates in
Taiwan’s reservoirs every year to fill
one Baihe Reservoir (in Tainan) and
every 10 years to fill a Shihmen
Reservoir (in Taoyuan).”
“capacity of reservoirs for storing
water will be down to half of their
designed capacity by 2030”
Source: cw.com.tw
2018 2030
(worst case)
SILT
SILT
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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We actually get very little rain in:-
● October
● November
● December
● January
In the South - even worse - 90% of rain
falls in the rainy season, May to October
(wikipedia)
No rainy season…..= Problems.
‘Water Rationing’ is already mentioned
many times in the news.
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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So, we really need to store more water.
That's obvious.
So what do we do with our water when we do get
rain?
5 - WATER HARVESTING.
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● We send it straight down the
drain….
● into the river….
● then out to the ocean.
We cannot easily use that water once it’s in the
river unless we use big dams.
As far as we are concerned, our water is gone
as soon as it goes down that drain.
Then because we need more water….we are
starting to build desalination plants to take it
back out of the oceans….Amcham
5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”.
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How do we
get….
From This
Video: Brad Lancaster
5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”.
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To This
???
Video: Brad Lancaster
5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”.
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Methods:
Very Simple.
Very cheap.
Video: Brad Lancaster
5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”.
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Brad Lancaster- Tucson Arizona,
U.S.
Rainwater Harvesting at home, spread to the
town.
‘Planting the Rain’
Video: Brad Lancaster
5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”.
Zach Weiss - Project in the tropics -
….always storing water in the ground wherever they can.
Slowing Water down, Protects against dry AND
drought years…
One thing that struck me, studying permaculture
topics over the last 6 months, is about water
retention.
Swales, dams, ponds, doing everything we can to
slow water down, and soak it into the ground
before it ends up in a river.
This seems to create a lot of life in the soil at
depth, even reinstating springs that might be long
forgotten.
Presentation by InterConnected
Video: Zach Weiss, Elemental Ecosystems: Youtube Channel | Website
5 - WATER HARVESTING
Water Harvesting with an Earthship is really simple.
Presentation by InterConnected
5 - WATER HARVESTING
We collect all the water we need from > rain on the roof
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5 - WATER HARVESTING
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The rainwater goes from the roof, and through simple particle traps >
5 - WATER HARVESTING
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If we want to stop leaves from trees, insects etc falling in the water, we simply fit a
Filter / Screen to the top of the gutter (we all use these in Taiwan on Windows)
5 - WATER HARVESTING
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From the simple Particle Trap, water goes to the Cisterns / Water tanks, usually
buried in the Earth Bank
There is then a WOM (water organising module) in the house that filters & pumps
water to a pressurised tank for washing / bathing / laundry etc.
5 - WATER HARVESTING
End of Water Harvesting
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6 - Food Production
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6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
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Video on Youtube - Presentation available
here:-
Earthship Principle #6 - Food Production
Presentation available at InterConnected
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
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Things to consider:
● Water
● Nutrients
● Light
● Soil Microbiology & Safety
● Food Producing Plants
● Perishables
● Expensive / Valuable
● Unobtainium
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
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Water
As we have already seen, there is a plentiful
supply of water that plants love in an
Earthship - ‘Greywater’ from hand basins,
showers and baths.
Greywater can be used in the planter along
the full length of your home to grow pretty
much whatever you like within the space
available.
The remaining greywater is captured,
filtered and then used to flush toilets.
Washing machines, showers,
baths, dishwashers can drain
large volumes of water, so
often go to an outside planter.
Handbasins & the kitchen sink
are good candidates for your
inside planter(s)
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
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Nutrients
Dead skin and hair are some of the things
that will be nutrients for some of the
microorganisms in your planter.
Depending on your choice of soap for
washing, and if you are running your
washing machine or dishwasher into a
planter, there might be different levels and
types of nutrients available for your plants.
Certainly some Nitrogen, and Phosphorus
might also be in the mix to a greater or
lesser degree.
Compost & Compost Tea would of course
be something that could be added.
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
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Light
In some designs, part of the roof is also
glazed, to allow more light in for plants, and
also to harvest more heat during the day.
Regular household glazing usually filters UV
light - but if you want maximum plant
growth, greenhouse glass / plastic can also
be used.
If in a hotter climate, more shading may be
preferred, as in this image.
Living in a Tropical / Sub-Tropical region, I
have also considered having no
‘greenhouse’, with the planter outside.
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
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Soil Microbiology
There is research that shows “no significant
difference in contamination levels was
observed between crops irrigated with tap
water, untreated greywater, and treated
greywater.” (see Greywater Safety,
references)
Having already mentioned Compost &
Compost Tea earlier, it is also important to
note that Compost & Compost tea inoculate
your soil with beneficial microorganisms that
then also ‘out-compete’ harmful organisms
such as E.Coli. (see Dr. Elaine Ingham, The
Soil FoodWeb, references)
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
Presentation by InterConnected
Food Producing Plants
(From the Earthship Manual)
Start with Hardy Plants
● Grapes
● Aloe
● Geraniums
Then ‘Easy to start’:
● Tomatoes
● Zucchini
● Lettuce
● Peppers
Personal Choices & Thoughts:
● Perishables
● Expensive / Valuable
● Unobtainium ;-)Suggested plants for Indoor
planter(s)
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
Presentation by InterConnected
Food Producing Plants
• Beans – mungbean, long beans, green beans, winged
• Peppers – red, yellow & green bell peppers
• Kalamansi lemon
• Chilis – long variety
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon
• Courgettes
• Brassicas
• Arugula spinach
• Chard
• Mizuna
• Daikon
• Purple mustard
• Garlic chives
(thanks to J. Golandez for the suggestions at Daruma Eco-
Farm)
Suggested plants for the
Tropics
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
Presentation by InterConnected
Outdoor planters are useful for the higher
volumes of water coming from e.g. the
washing machine, bath etc.
Larger areas, larger plants, shrubs and trees
can be irrigated with this water.
Berries, fruit trees, or whatever grows well
outdoors in your area can benefit.
Root crops - in the Earthship manual Vol 1 -
this is recommended. Greywater Action
don’t recommend it (see references).Outdoor planter(s)
6 - FOOD PRODUCTION
End of Food Production
Any Questions?
Presentation by InterConnected
Appendix:
Natural Air Conditioning
Using The Earth To Cool (& Dehumidify ?) Air
Presentation by InterConnected
Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING.
Dew Point :
“The dew point is the temperature to which air must be
cooled to become saturated with water vapour. When
further cooled, the airborne water vapor will condense to
form liquid water (dew).”
Think of pouring a cold drink into a glass. As the glass
gets colder, condensation forms on the glass.
This is actually ‘dehumidifying’ the air.
Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING.
Dew Point :
We don’t need to know the formula for calculating the
Dew Point.
Dew Point changes with (a) Temperature, and (b)
Relative Humidity
The guys at www.dpcalc.org provide us with the Dew
Point Calculator.
Here, we can see at 40℃, for Humidity at 86%, gives us
a Dew Point of 37℃.
Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING.
So, we know the Dew Point is 37℃.
Using the information from
‘1 - Thermal Heating & Cooling’
We can see that the ground
temperature at a depth of 1 or 2
metres, is often 10℃ to 15℃ cooler
than the ground or ambient
temperature above ground.
Florides, Georgios & Kalogirou, Soteris. (2019). Annual ground temperature
measurements at various depths.
Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING.
Florides, Georgios & Kalogirou, Soteris. (2019). Annual ground temperature measurements at various depths.
(0m = Ground Temperature)
Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING.
So:- it makes sense to investigate Natural Air Conditioning &
Dehumidifying, given the weather conditions in Taiwan -
Specifically the temperature difference of Air, and Ground,
and very high Relative Humidity which is common.
If further Air Conditioning were
required, perhaps energy costs could
be reduced by using the natural
temperature of the earth underground.
Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING.
More Info on ‘Dew Point’ - Wikipedia. Dew Point Calculator - dpcalc.org.
End of Air Conditioning
Any Questions?
Presentation by InterConnected
In the previous meeting, we
discussed some basics
about Siting, Building
Orientation, and Solar Angles.
You can watch a short video here
if you didn’t attend the meeting.
Appendix: Solar Angle Basics
Presentation by InterConnected
REFERENCES
Earthship Global - 6 Principles
Appropedia - Earthships
Temperatures Underground - ResearchGate
More Info on Solar Gain - Wikipedia link
Dew Point - Wikipedia link
Dew Point Calculator - Image Permanence Institute
Bamboo for construction - ECHO Technical Notes #92
Greywater Safety - Reuse of Domestic Greywater for the
Irrigation of Food Crops
Presentation by InterConnected
Open Source Ecology - Earthship
Dr. Elaine Ingham - The Soil FoodWeb
Green Citadels. Explore eco-friendly
earthships with sustainability pioneers
REFERENCES
Presentation by InterConnected

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Earthships 6 principles

  • 1. Earthships 6 Principles Presentation by InterConnected Earthships, 6 Principles by Darren Roberts is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Based on work at https://interconnected.me/. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://interconnected.me/terms.
  • 2. 1. Thermal/Solar (a) Heating & (b) Cooling. 2. Solar & Wind Electricity. 3. Contained Sewage Treatment. 4. Building with Natural & Recycled Materials. 5. Water Harvesting. 6. Food Production. 6 Principles 6 Principles, Presentations on Youtube
  • 3. Natural Air Conditioning Solar Angle Basics References Appendix 6 Principles, Presentations on Youtube
  • 4. 6 Earthship Principles : Presentations on Youtube Presentation by InterConnected Principle #4. Natural & Recycled Materials Principle #6, Food Production Principle #5, Water Harvesting Principle #1, Thermal / Solar Heating & Cooling Principle #2, Solar & Wind Electricity Principle #3, Contained Sewage
  • 5. Example: Earthship-Style Room 1 (a) Solar Heating aka - Solar Gain / Passive Presentation by InterConnected 1 - Solar / Thermal Heating & Cooling
  • 6. 1 - Solar / Thermal Heating & Cooling Video Presentation Video on Youtube - Presentation available here:- Earthship Principle #1, Thermal / Solar Heating & Cooling Presentation available at InterConnected
  • 7. 1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain” Sunlight enters the building during the day.
  • 8. 1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain” The floor, walls, etc absorb energy, getting hotter during the day
  • 9. 1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain” This ‘stored energy’ is then useful during colder hours, such as night-time, winters etc.
  • 10. 1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain” The Problem, in Taiwan:- Too much heat. Usually for 8 or 10 months every year.
  • 11. 1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain” So We’ll look at ways of reducing energy from the sun later such as roof overhangs, cable awnings, shades, blinds, curtains etc..
  • 12. 1 (a) - Solar Heating. Aka “Solar Gain” Which Materials, would be better for absorbing energy? Air? Stone? Metal? Water? Why? In what situations? A QUESTION:-
  • 13. End of Solar Heating Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected Solar Chimneys - Wikipedia link. More Info on Solar Gain - Wikipedia link.
  • 14. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. Aka “Convection Engine” Presentation by InterConnected 1 - Solar / Thermal Heating & Cooling
  • 15. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. We can use Heat, to cool buildings.
  • 16. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. Hot air, rises.
  • 17. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. Using a Vent, in the roof, we can allow Hot Air to escape
  • 18. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. As the Hot Air inside the building escapes through the vent in the roof - Fresh air is drawn in through a ventilation pipe.
  • 19. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. The fresh air from outside, is cooled as it loses heat to the earth underground.
  • 20. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. This creates a flow of air, driven by Hot Air rising up through the Roof Vent. Also search for ‘Solar Chimneys’ & take a look. Old, effective Tech ;-)
  • 21. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. ResearchGate Link: From this data, we can see that Ground Temperature at a Depth of 1 metre can vary between 10 to 30 C. At a Depth of 2 metres, Ground Temperature varies between 18 to 25 C. Florides, Georgios & Kalogirou, Soteris. (2019). Annual ground temperature measurements at various depths.
  • 22. 1 THERMAL PERFORMANCE. The red Area, and Blue area, show Temperatures throughout the year. ‘No fuel’ - the Blue Line - this is the temperature with no additional heating. ‘COMFORT’ - the Red Line - shows how little fuel is required to heat or cool an Earthship.
  • 24. 1 (b) - THERMAL COOLING. More Info on Temperatures Underground - ResearchGate. More Info on Solar Gain - Wikipedia link. End of Thermal Cooling Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected
  • 25. 2 - Solar & Wind Electricity Presentation by InterConnected
  • 26. Video on Youtube - Presentation available here:- Earthship Principle #2, Solar & Wind Electricity 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Presentation available at InterConnected
  • 27. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Solar Panels These come in 2 types: a. PV (photovoltaic) b. Thermal Images: Solar Panel, Wikipedia, license. Solar Heater, Wikipedia, license. Batteries, Wikipedia, license. Both types of Solar panel are common in Taiwan. 1) Solar Photovoltaic For Electricity, typically feeding a battery bank. 2) Solar Thermal For Hot Water, stored in a hot water tank.
  • 28. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Solar Photovoltaic For Electricity, typically feeding a battery bank. Works in sunny & cloudy conditions. Electricity Storage Typically in batteries. Some examples:- ● Lead Acid - (car batteries) ● Lithium ion (in your phone / tablet / Tesla Power Wall) ● Nickel iron (possibly one of the best for the environment, and repeated deep discharge does not reduce life significantly - wikipedia link ● We can also use Water, as well as Air, to store energy from Solar Panels. We’ll come to that in a later slide ;-) Images: Solar Panel, Wikipedia, license.
  • 29. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Solar Thermal For Hot Water, stored in a hot water tank. Solar thermal panels can be placed a) On the roof with an integral tank(s) b) On the ground outside, feeding an integral hot water tank, or a water tank in the building. Image: Solar Heater, Wikipedia, license.
  • 30. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Wind Turbines For Electricity, typically feeding a battery bank. 1. Each type of wind turbine has pros & cons with regard to efficiency at different wind speeds 2. Reliability 3. repair & maintenance 4. cost of installation Etc etc…. Image: Wikipedia - Turbine , license.
  • 31. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Types There are 2 basic types of wind turbines 1. Vertical Axis 2. Horizontal Axis Wikipedia link Turbines animation By Ssgxnh - Own work, Public Domain,
  • 32. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Wind Speed Some types of wind turbine will spin with slower wind speeds. *see at 1m 14s. Safety / Maintenance They may also not ‘blow up’ or disintegrate by spinning out of control in a Typhoon. Video: Earthship Biotecture Youtube Channel
  • 33. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. OTHER OPTIONS TO GENERATE POWER Graphic by , https://www.theengineer.co.uk/pumped-hydro-storage/ Pumped Hydro with Micro Turbine.
  • 34. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. FIRST - USE LESS. A more efficient home, needs less energy. Earthships use a lot less energy than conventional housing. Some figures from the UK in 2014. So we can use the figures in the blue sections. *Comparison is not direct, but we know in the UK people mostly use Gas for heating. Source: graph_source kWh: 9,000 *13,500 19,000
  • 35. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. EARTHSHIP ANNUAL HEATING & COOLING. Earthship figures are from 600 kWh to 2,600 kWh annually. 600 kWh is for the Global Model Earthship, which is the most efficient Earthship design. Less efficient Earthship designs consume up to 2,600 kWh. Data chart : Earthship NZ kWh: from 600, to 3,000.
  • 36. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Earthship Figures are for ‘heating & cooling’ annually (Global Earthship Model) UK figures - we have used the figure for Gas consumption, to exclude lighting & other appliances. So, we can ‘guesstimate’ that an Earthship will use between a Fifth (1/5th) and a Twentieth (1/20th) of the energy of a conventional home. 13,500 / 600 = 22.5. 13,500 / 2,600 = 5.2
  • 37. So, with this said….. What impact does that have on our Solar, or Wind Turbine requirements? Basically, we need a lot less infrastructure to provide the energy required by the home. E.g. - If a ‘medium sized’ house in the UK needed 22 solar panels, a ‘Global Model’ Earthship would need 1. Again, ‘guesstimates’, but illustrates the point. Images: Solar Panel, Wikipedia, license. 2 - SOLAR & WIND ELECTRICITY. Regular House - 22 panels Earthship Global Model - 1 Earthship - Uninsulated, no Berm, no Greenhouse - 5
  • 38. 2 - SOLAR & WIND End of Solar & Wind Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected
  • 39. 3 - Contained Sewage Treatment Presentation by InterConnected
  • 40. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. Video on Youtube - Presentation available here:- Earthship Principle 3, Greywater and Blackwater Treatment Presentation available at InterConnected
  • 41. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. ‘Waste’ water in Earthships, is not seen as ‘waste’, but is re-used for watering plants, flushing toilets etc. We are working with 2 Types here - 1) ‘Greywater’, and 2) ‘Blackwater. First, let’s look at Greywater. 1) What is ‘Greywater’? Water from : ● Showers ● Hand-basins etc. Images: wikicommons: shower (license), wash basin (licence) Presentation by InterConnectedImages: wash basin, licence | shower, licence
  • 42. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. Instead of throwing this water away to the drains outside - From the showers & hand-basins, the water flows to a Filter, at one end of the Planter. These filters have been made from peat, gravel, sand & other materials. Greywater Bathroom Filter Presentation by InterConnected
  • 43. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. After filtering, the water runs through the planter, feeding the plants. The roots of the plants help to clean the water - one of the ways the roots help is by oxygenating the soil and water. (Oxygen = highly reactive) Greywater Presentation by InterConnected
  • 44. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. Greywater After the roots of the plants have helped to clean the water - there is a well, and a pump at the other end of the planter. This water is then clean enough to filter & fill our toilet cisterns & use for flushing our toilets. Greywater Presentation by InterConnected
  • 45. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. These planters can produce plenty of food. Herbs, tomatoes, and even banana trees have been spotted in some houses;-) Greywater Presentation by InterConnected
  • 46. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. Kitchen Sink Some Earthships have also used the water from the kitchen sink - extra grease / particle traps are required for this. Not everyone likes cleaning the grease traps though, so I believe it is more common now for kitchen sink water to go out with Blackwater. The Septic Tank then deals with it. Greywater Presentation by InterConnected
  • 47. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. 2) What is ‘Blackwater’ Blackwater comes from our toilets. We typically need to process blackwater through a Septic Tank, or Reed Beds etc, before allowing it to flow back onto our land, and into our Groundwater / water table. (Kitchen Sink waste water often goes together to the Septic Tank) Images: wikicommons: toilet (license) 2) Blackwater Presentation by InterConnectedImage: toilet, licence
  • 48. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. 2) Blackwater Water from toilets typically goes to a normal Septic Tank. Septic Tank Presentation by InterConnected
  • 49. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. 2) Blackwater The overflow from the Septic Tank runs into an exterior rubber-lined Botanical Cell Septic Tank Exterior Rubber-lined Botanical Cell Presentation by InterConnected
  • 50. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. 2) Blackwater The Botanical Cell can be used for growing landscaping plants. I have heard of people using it for fruit trees - not herbs / salad vegetables. Plants with trunks - maybe guava / papaya / banana / lemon would be suitable to test. Septic Tank Exterior Rubber-lined Botanical Cell Presentation by InterConnected
  • 51. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT. 2) Blackwater If intending to use for food, the plants / soil / food cropped should be tested. It is cheap enough in the U.S. to send soil & fruit samples off to the laboratory to ensure the food is free of pathogens & fit for consumption. I assume similar tests are available in other countries. Presentation by InterConnected
  • 52. 3 - CONTAINED SEWAGE TREATMENT End of Sewage Treatment Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected
  • 53. 4 - Building with Natural & Recycled Materials Presentation by InterConnected
  • 54. 4 - NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Video on Youtube - Presentation available here:- Building with Natural and Recycled Materials, Earthship Principle 4 Presentation available at InterConnected
  • 55. 4 - NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected ‘Natural’ and Recycled materials is a pretty broad topic, but here are some examples commonly used in Earthships :- ● Tyres ● Bottles ● Cans ● Rammed Earth ● Adobe ● Cob ● Bamboo ● Wood ● Other materials
  • 56. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Overview: ● Tyres - an 'Earthship Signature' material ● Bottles - full width through wall to admit light Tyres: Wikicommons, Eugene Kim from San Francisco, USA - Tire Bricks Bottle Wall, AD / Earthship.com.
  • 57. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Overview: ● Aluminium Can Walls, essentially ‘lost formwork’ ● Rammed Earth Can walls: Victorgrigas, Wikicommons Rammed Earth :- AG Credit Lobby Wall, RammedEarthWorks.com
  • 58. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Overview: ● Adobe ● Cob Adobe Brick Wall - 4 Person Eco Home, Taiwan Cob Wall :- wikicommons
  • 59. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Overview: ● Bamboo ● Wood ● Other materials - straw / straw bale, urbanite, engineered timber beams (glulam timber / bamboo), paper insulation, expanded clay - many options Bamboo, wikicommons, licence. Log, wikipedia
  • 60. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Details: Tyres - an 'Earthship Signature' material Tyres: Eugene Kim, Wikicommons Concrete Blocks, wikipedia. A very common objection to using tyres, is that ‘they don’t look nice’. They don’t. But neither do concrete blocks. Of course, finishes are applied to the interior and exterior surfaces of walls in addition to the ‘structural’ blocks used. ? Issue with offgassing - some say yes, others say no. Google it.
  • 61. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Tyres - Positives Tyres: Eugene Kim, Wikicommons ● Readily available ● Cost ● Mass - stored heat ● Size - thick walls (2 ft) ● Almost any dirt will do (in a form & not a finished surface) ● Amazing engineering ● Flexibility with wall design ● Durability
  • 62. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Bottles - full width through wall to admit light Bottle ‘brick’: Jessica Reeder, wikipedia Bottle Wall, AD / Earthship.com. Re-using bottles is similar to using aluminium cans as formwork, using glass bottles reduces the amount of sand/cement required in a wall. The obvious advantage to using glass bottles, is that light is admitted through them, creating some very pleasing walls. Little energy is required to repurpose, compared to melting down to recycle.
  • 63. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Aluminium Can Walls, essentially ‘lost formwork’ Can walls: Victorgrigas, Wikicommons Re-using aluminium cans is similar to using glass bottles, reducing the amount of sand/cement required in a wall. The aluminium cans form a space in the wall that then requires no sand/cement. The wall is a kind of ‘honeycomb’ of mortar or concrete when finished, requiring far less material to construct. The wall is then rendered in a similar way to any other wall.
  • 64. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Rammed Earth Rammed Earth :- AG Credit Lobby Wall, RammedEarthWorks.com My personal favourite ;-). Although not necessarily the best for everything! Monolithic No board / rendering / plastering required to finish. As massive as rammed earth in tyres. Requires formwork very similar to pouring concrete, so a little more technical. Beautiful wall finishes. Easier to mechanically ram earth (see Minke, small wacker plates / pneumatic tampers)
  • 65. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Adobe Sand, Clay. Rice Straw / Husks / etc Easy to make Very pleasant aesthetically Easy to recycle Can be (nearly) as massive as a tyre wall / rammed earth wall As with other earth-based materials, Adobe bricks regulate humidity well Some reports of difficulty keeping clean Adobe Brick Wall - 4 Person Eco Home, Taiwan
  • 66. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Cob Wall Soil, straw Massive - thermal mass Materials are readily available Relatively easy to build Time required between ‘courses’ Freeform / flexibility with wall design As with tyre walls, rammed earth, adobe, cob is also fireproof. Cob Wall :- wikicommons
  • 67. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS Presentation by InterConnected Other Materials Straw Straw bale Urbanite Engineered timber beams (glulam timber / bamboo) Paper / wool insulation Expanded clay ….Many options…..
  • 68. 4 - BUILDING WITH NATURAL & RECYCLED MATERIALS End of Building with Natural & Recycled Materials Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected
  • 69. 5 - Water Harvesting Presentation by InterConnected
  • 70. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Video on Youtube - Presentation available here:- Water Harvesting, Earthship Principle 5 Presentation available at InterConnected
  • 71. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected WHY do we want to harvest rainwater in Taiwan? (or anywhere: UK, US, Europe?) Before we get into Water Harvesting ‘Earthship Style’:
  • 72. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731 US We get rain, right?
  • 73. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731 US ● Taiwan, is the Rainiest Developed Country on the planet. ● The whole planet.
  • 74. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731 US Taiwan averages:- ● 2.6 metres of rain annually. 8.5 feet 102 inches 2600 mm ● Source: wikipedia
  • 75. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected Morakot (2009): https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=39731 US ● Taiwan's heaviest rainfall in history :- ● 2009 Typhoon Morakot ● Measuring 3.06 metres of rain in Alishan & Chiayi ● (over 10 feet, or 120 inches), over 2 or 3 days. ● 3+ metres of rain, in 2 or 3 days. ● More climate info: CWB
  • 76. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected "Why do we want to retain water in a country like Taiwan where we measure rainfall in METRES?" (or the UK, nearly a metre, the US, Europe….etc etc) So, again, the question:-
  • 77. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected Year: 2015 “Taiwan is facing its worst drought in 67 years, with the island reservoirs at dangerously low levels.” Source: BBC Droughts & Shortages
  • 78. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected Every year, there is the threat of another water shortage. Shimen Reservoir at 25% 7th March 2015. Source: Taiwan News
  • 79. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected 1st June 2018: (basically building a higher dam wall...) “Taipei, June 1 (CNA) To ease the recent shortage of water in Taiwan, Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) declared Friday that measures will be taken to increase Taiwan's water supply to 1.9 billion tons by 2031, which means there will be an increase of 5.2 million tons of water on average each day.” Source: Focus Taiwan 18th April 2018 “Water shortage looming in Tainan” Source: Focus Taiwan Image: Wushantou Reservoir, June 2018, Taiwan News
  • 80. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected Silt now accounts for a third of the capacity at 6 of Taiwan’s 18 main reservoirs. “Enough silt accumulates in Taiwan’s reservoirs every year to fill one Baihe Reservoir (in Tainan) and every 10 years to fill a Shihmen Reservoir (in Taoyuan).” “capacity of reservoirs for storing water will be down to half of their designed capacity by 2030” Source: cw.com.tw 2018 2030 (worst case) SILT SILT
  • 81. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected We actually get very little rain in:- ● October ● November ● December ● January In the South - even worse - 90% of rain falls in the rainy season, May to October (wikipedia) No rainy season…..= Problems. ‘Water Rationing’ is already mentioned many times in the news.
  • 82. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected So, we really need to store more water. That's obvious. So what do we do with our water when we do get rain?
  • 83. 5 - WATER HARVESTING. Presentation by InterConnected ● We send it straight down the drain…. ● into the river…. ● then out to the ocean. We cannot easily use that water once it’s in the river unless we use big dams. As far as we are concerned, our water is gone as soon as it goes down that drain. Then because we need more water….we are starting to build desalination plants to take it back out of the oceans….Amcham
  • 84. 5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”. Presentation by InterConnected How do we get…. From This Video: Brad Lancaster
  • 85. 5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”. Presentation by InterConnected To This ??? Video: Brad Lancaster
  • 86. 5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”. Presentation by InterConnected Methods: Very Simple. Very cheap. Video: Brad Lancaster
  • 87. 5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”. Presentation by InterConnected Brad Lancaster- Tucson Arizona, U.S. Rainwater Harvesting at home, spread to the town. ‘Planting the Rain’ Video: Brad Lancaster
  • 88. 5 - WATER HARVESTING / “RETENTION”. Zach Weiss - Project in the tropics - ….always storing water in the ground wherever they can. Slowing Water down, Protects against dry AND drought years… One thing that struck me, studying permaculture topics over the last 6 months, is about water retention. Swales, dams, ponds, doing everything we can to slow water down, and soak it into the ground before it ends up in a river. This seems to create a lot of life in the soil at depth, even reinstating springs that might be long forgotten. Presentation by InterConnected Video: Zach Weiss, Elemental Ecosystems: Youtube Channel | Website
  • 89. 5 - WATER HARVESTING Water Harvesting with an Earthship is really simple. Presentation by InterConnected
  • 90. 5 - WATER HARVESTING We collect all the water we need from > rain on the roof Presentation by InterConnected
  • 91. 5 - WATER HARVESTING Presentation by InterConnected The rainwater goes from the roof, and through simple particle traps >
  • 92. 5 - WATER HARVESTING Presentation by InterConnected If we want to stop leaves from trees, insects etc falling in the water, we simply fit a Filter / Screen to the top of the gutter (we all use these in Taiwan on Windows)
  • 93. 5 - WATER HARVESTING Presentation by InterConnected From the simple Particle Trap, water goes to the Cisterns / Water tanks, usually buried in the Earth Bank There is then a WOM (water organising module) in the house that filters & pumps water to a pressurised tank for washing / bathing / laundry etc.
  • 94. 5 - WATER HARVESTING End of Water Harvesting Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected
  • 95. 6 - Food Production Presentation by InterConnected
  • 96. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Video on Youtube - Presentation available here:- Earthship Principle #6 - Food Production Presentation available at InterConnected
  • 97. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Things to consider: ● Water ● Nutrients ● Light ● Soil Microbiology & Safety ● Food Producing Plants ● Perishables ● Expensive / Valuable ● Unobtainium
  • 98. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Water As we have already seen, there is a plentiful supply of water that plants love in an Earthship - ‘Greywater’ from hand basins, showers and baths. Greywater can be used in the planter along the full length of your home to grow pretty much whatever you like within the space available. The remaining greywater is captured, filtered and then used to flush toilets. Washing machines, showers, baths, dishwashers can drain large volumes of water, so often go to an outside planter. Handbasins & the kitchen sink are good candidates for your inside planter(s)
  • 99. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Nutrients Dead skin and hair are some of the things that will be nutrients for some of the microorganisms in your planter. Depending on your choice of soap for washing, and if you are running your washing machine or dishwasher into a planter, there might be different levels and types of nutrients available for your plants. Certainly some Nitrogen, and Phosphorus might also be in the mix to a greater or lesser degree. Compost & Compost Tea would of course be something that could be added.
  • 100. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Light In some designs, part of the roof is also glazed, to allow more light in for plants, and also to harvest more heat during the day. Regular household glazing usually filters UV light - but if you want maximum plant growth, greenhouse glass / plastic can also be used. If in a hotter climate, more shading may be preferred, as in this image. Living in a Tropical / Sub-Tropical region, I have also considered having no ‘greenhouse’, with the planter outside.
  • 101. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Soil Microbiology There is research that shows “no significant difference in contamination levels was observed between crops irrigated with tap water, untreated greywater, and treated greywater.” (see Greywater Safety, references) Having already mentioned Compost & Compost Tea earlier, it is also important to note that Compost & Compost tea inoculate your soil with beneficial microorganisms that then also ‘out-compete’ harmful organisms such as E.Coli. (see Dr. Elaine Ingham, The Soil FoodWeb, references)
  • 102. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Food Producing Plants (From the Earthship Manual) Start with Hardy Plants ● Grapes ● Aloe ● Geraniums Then ‘Easy to start’: ● Tomatoes ● Zucchini ● Lettuce ● Peppers Personal Choices & Thoughts: ● Perishables ● Expensive / Valuable ● Unobtainium ;-)Suggested plants for Indoor planter(s)
  • 103. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Food Producing Plants • Beans – mungbean, long beans, green beans, winged • Peppers – red, yellow & green bell peppers • Kalamansi lemon • Chilis – long variety • Tomatoes • Watermelon • Courgettes • Brassicas • Arugula spinach • Chard • Mizuna • Daikon • Purple mustard • Garlic chives (thanks to J. Golandez for the suggestions at Daruma Eco- Farm) Suggested plants for the Tropics
  • 104. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION Presentation by InterConnected Outdoor planters are useful for the higher volumes of water coming from e.g. the washing machine, bath etc. Larger areas, larger plants, shrubs and trees can be irrigated with this water. Berries, fruit trees, or whatever grows well outdoors in your area can benefit. Root crops - in the Earthship manual Vol 1 - this is recommended. Greywater Action don’t recommend it (see references).Outdoor planter(s)
  • 105. 6 - FOOD PRODUCTION End of Food Production Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected
  • 106. Appendix: Natural Air Conditioning Using The Earth To Cool (& Dehumidify ?) Air Presentation by InterConnected
  • 107. Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING. Dew Point : “The dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapour. When further cooled, the airborne water vapor will condense to form liquid water (dew).” Think of pouring a cold drink into a glass. As the glass gets colder, condensation forms on the glass. This is actually ‘dehumidifying’ the air.
  • 108. Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING. Dew Point : We don’t need to know the formula for calculating the Dew Point. Dew Point changes with (a) Temperature, and (b) Relative Humidity The guys at www.dpcalc.org provide us with the Dew Point Calculator. Here, we can see at 40℃, for Humidity at 86%, gives us a Dew Point of 37℃.
  • 109. Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING. So, we know the Dew Point is 37℃. Using the information from ‘1 - Thermal Heating & Cooling’ We can see that the ground temperature at a depth of 1 or 2 metres, is often 10℃ to 15℃ cooler than the ground or ambient temperature above ground. Florides, Georgios & Kalogirou, Soteris. (2019). Annual ground temperature measurements at various depths.
  • 110. Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING. Florides, Georgios & Kalogirou, Soteris. (2019). Annual ground temperature measurements at various depths. (0m = Ground Temperature)
  • 111. Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING. So:- it makes sense to investigate Natural Air Conditioning & Dehumidifying, given the weather conditions in Taiwan - Specifically the temperature difference of Air, and Ground, and very high Relative Humidity which is common. If further Air Conditioning were required, perhaps energy costs could be reduced by using the natural temperature of the earth underground.
  • 112. Appendix (a) - NATURAL AIR CONDITIONING. More Info on ‘Dew Point’ - Wikipedia. Dew Point Calculator - dpcalc.org. End of Air Conditioning Any Questions? Presentation by InterConnected
  • 113. In the previous meeting, we discussed some basics about Siting, Building Orientation, and Solar Angles. You can watch a short video here if you didn’t attend the meeting. Appendix: Solar Angle Basics Presentation by InterConnected
  • 114. REFERENCES Earthship Global - 6 Principles Appropedia - Earthships Temperatures Underground - ResearchGate More Info on Solar Gain - Wikipedia link Dew Point - Wikipedia link Dew Point Calculator - Image Permanence Institute Bamboo for construction - ECHO Technical Notes #92 Greywater Safety - Reuse of Domestic Greywater for the Irrigation of Food Crops Presentation by InterConnected Open Source Ecology - Earthship Dr. Elaine Ingham - The Soil FoodWeb
  • 115. Green Citadels. Explore eco-friendly earthships with sustainability pioneers REFERENCES Presentation by InterConnected

Editor's Notes

  1. To open the discussion, a couple of things before we start - If you have a question, ask at any time. We can also talk about any questions, or any ideas at the end. I think we need to be able to communicate these ideas, and spread them easily, We need more of us to be comfortable presenting in front of groups. So, at the end, when we have talked about any questions – I want one person to volunteer & present these ideas in Chinese to the group. Just present the ideas – we won’t have questions & answers during your presentation if that makes it easier. It is better if the Presentation Volunteer is not Davis, because he already has a lot of experience Presenting to Groups :-) I hope this will build confidence in our group! Jia You! ;-)
  2. Now, I’ve got absolutely black thumbs. I am not a gardener. But I’ve managed to get a few very sturdy looking basil bushes going with the kids, and some perennial peanut for groundcover. The rampant Aloe Vera on the balcony might not count – that just seems to go by itself whatever I do – but my point is that, if you throw enough mud at the wall, it sticks. And I’ve had a little practice at Daruma Eco-farm also, digging the canals for the Chinampas, and the Corn, and making IMO and Compost Tea, and learning & teaching Dr Elaine Ingham’s work on Soil Microbiology. So there are a few things coming together that might turn my thumbs a bit greener ;-)
  3. Pretty much anything you want to try, give it a go. If it thrives, it thrives. If you know a friend with green fingers, pick their brain on what grows well in your region - or hit the library. Greenhouses extend the growing season & expand the options a bit. Cherry tomatoes are reputed to be a bit harder to grow than other varieties of tomato, but hey. I like ‘em. Berries, and herbs like mint, coriander (cilantro), basil, thai basil, lemon basil, oregano, thyme, lavender. Cinnamon, always good for Chai, and bay leaves.
  4. Who doesn’t like tomatoes that are ‘not supermarket tomatoes’ - they’re amazing, real tomatoes.
  5. Personally, I love tropical fruit. In Taiwan it is amazing, and similar in Thailand, so in the exterior botanical cell or beds, I would definitely like to try bananas, guava, mango, papaya, lychee, wax (rose) apple. I’m mad about avocados too. In the UK maybe the greenhouse could do some of these. If not, outside for apples, pears, and we get pretty good vegetables in the UK. Can’t beat a good old-fashioned carrot….especially if it’s not from a supermarket. I prefer them to apples to be honest most of the time anyway ;-)