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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Off-grid Container House
this is it this is what i have been searching for. this is perfect. self sustainable off the grid beautiful home. i estimate the cost of this house $15000-35000. in vancouver a new 20' container cost $3600.00, a used great condition container cost $2600.00
So the "earthship" aspect of this thing harvesting it's own water is very nice but that aspect of it really works best in "bungalow" mode. The more you stack these containers - which must be the preferred urban configuration to minimize land use - the less roof-area per occupant you have.
I'm going to have to dig around for some other sustainable/low cost/low impact ideas for water collection and treatment for higher population densities.
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Great post.
So the "earthship" aspect of this thing harvesting it's own water is very nice but that aspect of it really works best in "bungalow" mode. The more you stack these containers - which must be the preferred urban configuration to minimize land use - the less roof-area per occupant you have.
I'm going to have to dig around for some other sustainable/low cost/low impact ideas for water collection and treatment for higher population densities.
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