The homeowners Chris Vander Hout and Christine Hoy have redesigned sustainable apartments with their incredible straw bale residence, as highlighted by Treehugger.
In Minto, Ontario, Vander Hout and Hoy live with their son on a 20 hectare property “In harmony with nature”. The impressive sanctuary was designed by the architect Martin Liefhebber from Breathe Architects, which designed some wonderful outdoor houses and public spaces, including museums. The house was built by harvest houses and developed builders.
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The straw bale house was built on an existing clearing. It has some breathtaking sustainable systems, including a green roof with drought-resistant vegetation, materials from the region, hot water, heated by solar energy, a regenerding system, a compost toilet, a central greenhouse, a wood stove for heating, an excavated diving Good for your water source and a water recycling system to water your garden.
In winter, the house maximizes its solar energy through its south -facing units and large windows for natural light and of course is cooled in summer by surrounding trees and an insulating green roof.
The homeowners, who do not owe their own food for their house after using their own work and income, build their own food, harvest solar energy and collect rainwater.
“In order to have good indoor air quality without exhaust gas, we used a lot of natural wood that was completed with natural oils,” said Vander Hout to Treehugger. “We have used natural colors; all walls are completed with colors on a silicat basis, we have clay grounds on some walls. The walls. The walls. The walls. The walls. The walls. The walls. The walls [adobe] Earth floors were one of the elements we wanted to test, as well as a light sound straw wall system and a stone [paving] – You know that you only minimize the amount of plywood and particles. “
You can watch a video tour through your residence on YouTube.
According to the US energy information management, the average American house uses around 10,500 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it uses 300 gallons water per day. That is over 109,000 gallons per year.
Vander Hout and Hoys Strohballer Sanctuary help to eliminate water waste and energy from dirty energy such as coal and natural gas. With unconventional life in a home like your skills, you benefit from healthier skin and body as well as an increased mental well -being.
Other families are looking for opportunities to increase their sustainable life and intellectual well -being through houses such as this straw bale house. A couple in Hawaii converted a shipping container into a temporary residence. Companies in Toronto work on prefabricated houses that could help create more living space that is sustainable and creates fewer waste, while a tiny house builder in Australia has worked on reducing its design on energy consumption and costs.
As Treehugger wrote: “The straw of the couple is proof of the great love and patience that has built this unique house over a period of many years. There are some very clever and effective sustainable design ideas that are a wonderful example of this how different systems can work together to create a self -supporting, non -network -independent homestead.
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