Off the Grid, But Living in Style

By Gregory Mone Posted 11.26.2007 at 10:46 am 5 Comments

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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popsci

11/26/07 at 7:57 pm

Chemtrails are very real and very toxic. I see them weaved over manhattan almost daily to the point the sun is blocked. How come nothing is said or done to stop the mass poisining of the world? PLEASE google chemtrails and learn what they are composed of and the reason they are being sprayed on us.

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popsci

11/27/07 at 9:29 pm

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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popsci

11/27/07 at 10:37 pm

Chemtrails Fact or Fiction? Has the world come so blind they have only noticed these contrials in the sky after 911? Ice particles and condensation form on wings at high altitudes along with exhaust from the engine form cloud-like trails in the sky. SAC pilot should know.

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popsci

11/29/07 at 11:45 am

Wow that thing looks ugly.
I can fix the fuel dumping problem, drop tanks with little parachutes.

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jon.paton

10/09/08 at 4:31 pm

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.