Welcome to “The Ultimate Guide to Passive Home Design”! In this comprehensive video, Home Tube dives deep into the fascinating world of passive home design strategies, exploring everything you need to know to create an energy-efficient and sustainable living space. Be sure to check out this post as well: Passive House Explained in 90 Seconds
Norwegian Sustainable COB home with attached Greenhouse
Again, following the greenhouse theme here is a Cob home with a glass greenhouse dome on top. The dome shelters the home from the elements. They even have an additional dome for yoga events. Love it! DOME BUILT BY: https://www.solardome.co.uk/ MORE DOME HOME TOURS: • Dome Homes
The Most Efficient Greenhouse on Earth
This greenhouse was built in Alberta, my province and runs all year round using only $100 a year to heat! There are a lot of interesting parts. Enjoy!
Live where a Greenhouse surrounds the off-grid home
This is amazing x 10! A greenhouse surrounding a home in rural Sweden. What a dream! I’m sure the location helps as well. You can also stay in this home as an AirBnB. https://naturvillan.com but it’s also for sale. Here is a YouTube video of the home.
The Refuge: Earthship Walkthrough With Michael Reynolds
We visited an Earthship and stayed overnight as you see in this post: Earthship: A Most Radically Sustainable Home There are so many principles that are right for our times, including recycling things such as tiles and tires. My husband Mark and I have thought of building a similar home but also would like to […]
Zero Energy, Bermed Earth, Tile Bale Home
We visited an Earthship and stayed overnight as you see in this post: Earthship: A Most Radically Sustainable Home There are so many principles that are right for our times, including recycling things such as tiles and tires. My husband Mark and I have thought of building a similar home but also would like to […]
Building Better Homes: Whistler, BC
RDC Fine Homes, motto is that they Build Better Homes. They define this by saying they are quieter, have year round comfort, better indoor air quality through better ventilation and more energy efficient. RDC builds green homes in Whistler and we were fortunate to be toured through a new neighbourhood where they were building several […]
Your eco friend: where have I been?
It’s been several years since I wrote a post on this site, but interestingly, I still get a substantial number of views. While I haven’t updated much, I have kept this site active and free of ads and plan to continue this practice. I also wish to get active again and start a YouTube channel […]
Move up housing
This is an amusing video from the BBC1 showing a Hermit Crab ‘swap meet’. As hermit crabs grow, they need larger shells. Since suitable intact shells are sometimes limited, competition often occurs. The availability of empty shells depends on the relative abundance of gastropods and hermit crabs, matched for size. If the crabs vary significantly in size, the […]
Geothermal Installation Easy Install
Geothermal systems can save 40 percent to 70 percent on home-heating and 30 percent to 50 percent on home-cooling costs over conventional systems. Yes, Geothermal can work great but may not be efficient in all areas. Here is a great video on the subject.
