I want to build my house the best cost efficient and environmental friendly way in Asia ...?

Question

..... Please help me to find a very good site which provides me with solar power lighting and water management systems , we can get ground water by digging a pit but I need the water pump and storage tank.. some information on this please.

Answer 1

The CAT centre in Machynlleth, Wales have loads of experience and information that may be of use to you.

Answer 2

The most cost efficient way?  just use dirt.

Answer 3

I would recommend checking out http://www.greenandsave.com for information regarding building an eco-friendly home.  Good luck

Answer 4

Thomas

Let me start off by saying we (my family and I) live completely, 100% “off of the grid and are completely self sufficient”

The house is built utilizing natures natural elements, in the shape of an octagon with 8ft wide arch doors on every wall to catch every angle of wind (typical 4 sided homes have half the chance as one with 8 sides. A circle being the most efficient design). Woodburning stoves, solar chimney, solar AC, solar heating, solar water heating (pool and home), solar stove, solar power, wind power, hydrogen powered back up generator, hydrogen back up water heater, hydrogen stove, 2 hydrogen powered trucks, 1 EV (electric vehicle) and satellite internet.

We also built many green small cabins on the ranch that we offer to family, friends and our on-site off-grid workshop guests, including one straw bale, one papercrete, earth bag and adobe, one cob and cordwood, one underground and rammed earth, one log and post and beam and one rock. Each one actually started as a test for what the main house would be and were later finished and turned into guest cabins. I later wrote a guide on how to build with alternative materials using alternative methods for next to nothing.

Anyone interested can check it out at..

agua-luna com

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process.

Dan Martin

Retired Boeing Engineer now living 100% Off-the-Grid with my family, using Alternative Energy & loving every minute.

for more info visit agua-luna com