Earthship Design

By: Ben Brown, Nikola Janjic, Joe Risi

Earthship Design

HistoryMichael Reynolds a Southwestern US architect is credited with building the first Earthship.

Earthship 101

Defined

Heat and cool themselves naturally via solar/thermal dynamics

Collect their own power from the sun and wind

Harvest their own water from rain and snow melt

Contain and treat their own sewage on site

Produce food in significant quantities

Utilize materials that are reused byproducts of modern society like cans, bottles and tires

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Sources

www.earthship.netwww.greenhomebuilding.com/earthship.htm

www.earthshipbiotecture.com

www.earthpower1.com