Rocky Mountain Solar, Inc. 

Earthships

Earthship
with Solar Electric & Wind Systems

A mostly self-sufficient, bermed, high-thermal mass, passive solar home having no utility hookups. Its electricity and heat for space and hot water almost entirely come from the earth, sun, and sometimes wind. These homes have thick adobe or stucco covered exterior walls. The walls are generally made of recycled tires rammed full of soil plus aluminum cans, but they can also be made of rammed earth using forms, large bricks, soil filled concrete blocks, etc. Earthships provide indoor space for growing food usually in planters along the interior side of the south facing glass. Earthships use gray water systems to recycle their water into large planters in the living space (code permitting). Often a catch water system is used rather than a well. Earthships are as self-sufficient and sustainable as possible so as to assist us in riding the waves of the future. The Earthship home is also less vulnerable to fires and earthquakes than conventional construction. This is the most earth-friendly & self-sufficient building option available with many long-term advantages for the home owner.

The passive solar tire home can cost as much as or more than either a conventional home or a straw bale home, especially if solar hot water and solar electric systems are included. However, it is important to consider the long-term savings in heating and electricity costs as compared to the initial construction cost of the home.

http://earthship.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=17

RMS coordinates its design and construction of Earthships with Michael Reynolds, the inventor of the Earthship at http://earthship.org/ .

Links:

  product link: Earthship Global WebSite

Places for Further Info:

  Earthship, Volume 1, 2 & 3, by Michael Reynolds
    (Vol.1 ISBN: 0-9626767-0-5, Vol.2 ISBN: 0-9626767-1-3, Vol.3 ISBN: 0-9626767-2-1, Solar Survival Press)


Here are some options for passive solar homes and our Solar Home Design Policy, both in Word.

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