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The zeroHouse, a concept home designed by the New York architecture firm Specht Harpman, would run on solar power and rain water, use gravity-fed plumbing instead of traditional energy-demanding pumps, and recycle its waste.
SF site Technovelgy.com likens it to the advanced abodes described in the Arthur C. Clarke novel Childhood's End, which could be anywhere on land, or even in the sea. The zeroHouse isn't quite there yet, but it certainly would make its occupants feel like the characters in an SF novel. Even the winged solar panel design is reminiscient of the International Space Station. Unfortunately, though, the couches don't look very comfortable.—Gregory Mone
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RE: Off the Grid, But Living in Style
I wonder how this type of building would do in the north half of the country or in Canada? I figure that the first serious winter and this house would be done in. Note, as I write this where I am it is 11 degrees below with a wind of around 50 MPH outside.
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Wow that thing looks ugly.
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Good luck with the house. The military has similar house here in Afganistan, but we still use pumps and generators. I agree it may have a tough time up north. I'd be curious to see how it heats and cools.