An EARTHSHIP Like None You've Ever Seen
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- Last winter I had the chance to visit an earthship home like none I'd ever seen before. Earthships are living buildings that are adapted to their environment to make use of climate, water, and waste products. When people think of earthships, they usually think of the desert southwest of the US, because that's where they originated and where many of them are built. In this video we tour an unusual version of an earthship home, still off grid, still adapted to its environment, but very different from what you normally envision when you think of an earthship. Ron Sciarillo of Pangea Builders, the construction company of the son of the founder of earthship technology, explains the complex systems the house architecture implements to make use of its environment. This building is located in Myakka City, FL.
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I would appreciate a return to this property after they finish.
Doubt that will ever happen, They have been working on it for 13 years! I do not even think its the same owner!
In like a 100 years ? 12 years and that's all they have to show ?
@@kameljoe21 i understood it the way, that the guy giving the interview has worked on earthships in general for 13 years, not on this one particular, or am i wrong?
@@mastas7 This earthship is on going for the better part of 2 decades, From other comments and google search this has gone thru a couple of owners when they either have gone broke or just gave up, There is a lot of problems with the design and construction of it. A lot of stuff they did or were doing has either been found to be the wrong way to do it, or there is a far better method of doing it.
I plan to return there as soon as I can. I wanted to go earlier this year when I was in Florida but the pandemic hit and I wasn't able to make it. The owner says that they have finished, so it should be a good video and maybe some of the questions from this comment section can be answered.
This type of building SHOULD be Florida’s code building because of people coming together, eco friendly, sustainability, protection from hurricanes and termites, reducing waste, and not to mention an aesthetically look and feel. I want one. This is my dream for my retirement. For me, this will help me live without much money because my Social Security benefits will not be much. My Earthship home will be smaller because I don’t need too much space. I want one, so bad. I live in Florida.
No defenetly no, the "automobile tires" are health hazard that makes this build stupid, there are many parts that are great but the tires are horrible idea.
The cans and Glass bottles are just stuck in this build and you cant recycle them like in Germany 98% of bottles are recycle.
Its better to re use stuff than put it in your house wall and take it out of sycle.
By using all cans and bottles + tiers you just make need to create more cans bottles and tiers because you dont recycle them.
Problems is cost
Me too, blessings for your dream to come true.
Government needs to stop telling people what they are/are not "allowed" to do.
Get government out of the way and innovation will flourish.
#SmashTheState
@@arkadiuszlee407 There's a couple things here. Number 1 with the tires: I was thinking this too RE: them being a health hazard. The rubbing of tires on the roads creates aerosol particles that are really dangerous for your health. But if you're using tires to build like this and they end up encased in cement or clay, there is really no impact on health, no? I mean, we use fiberglass insulation in buildings and even though it is also a health hazard, when it's behind drywall and plaster, it's really a non-issue. I imagine tires are the same way.
2. About the recycling: Glass is really made from just sand which is abundant and therefore renewable. The only environmental impact worth mentioning is the energy in heat required to melt the glass but you'd run into the same problem when melting down old bottles when recycling. Same is true with aluminum cans. Plastic is just about the material worthwhile to recycle, if not do away with altogether.
I'm glad Florida is finally getting its first Earthship and I look forward to the update
I want to build one here in Alabama!
I was expecting to hear a thorough explanation of how they are dealing with Florida's high humidity, the lack of which leaves me highly suspicious. I would really appreciate a follow-up video from Hardcore Sustainable. Pangeabuilders has a lot of experience, and they deserve the chance to explain their engineering.
The cool air from the galvanized pipes is drier that the warm air.
@@lilsammich8252 Condensation.
@@themartianway Dehumidifiers are very common in the south but yes that would be an issue in the swamp.
sam newcome nope... there is 100% humidity in all the air around. And those tubes did Not dry the air. My grandfather did the same system in 1980 in Brantley County GA. Even Made the local Newspaper. By 1988 they added the A/C For the Humidity Problem.
sam newcome though his “Underground House” was Very energy efficient.
This man knows his stuff! I am a huge fan of earth ships..... have been and always will be....this should be... the future of home building. More folks .....could live a great life if they built like this. I have watched this building style....since 1980.... getting better every year.
I am so interested in earthship building...but, I have also lived in Florida. I really cannot see how they will sustain this building in Florida...too MUCH humidity. So, I would use a lot of solar powered dehumidifiers there.
Appreciate what y'all do man, great stuff
That was very informative, thank you!
Thanks for uploading this. Your videos and earth ships are 2 great tastes that go great together.
Thank you for sharing!!!
This is exelent thanks for sharing
I am building my earth-ship this spring. I toured Taos in June of this year and I have gotten some great ideas. Thanks 👍🏻
Caution. The Earthship success stories you see all relied on free labor.
Notice this guy in the video says he's going to finish this project by bringing in a bunch of volunteers. Can you get 30 volunteers to work for you? If no, dont attempt building an earth ship. You'll never finish it.
I have at least 25 willing to help. Taos is in New Mexico
Laura Rufener PLEASE VIDEO RECORD and upload to RUclips !
Checkout my videos. Helped to build the Earthship Six Nations in Ontario Canada in 2016
Where are You going to build Your earthship ?
john howard in Ohio.
Dude! Thank you I live in Barbados and have been looking for information dealing with earthships in the Caribbean as our needs, construction materials and seasons are completely different than in larger countries. This video answered a few of those questions.
Are you going or started an earthship?
Man Ron’s the man! I watched him demonstrate how to pound the tires with dirt about 10 years ago, beast! Great video 👌🏽
Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜
What a wonderful idea to build a place to have and enjoy thanks for sharing the video
Very awesome build. I would like to see an update, if possible. Thank you for taking us along. 🤘🏼
Amazing!
Terrific and good luck .
thank you for educational video
Hi Dan, thanks for posting this video. Earth ship building is quite interesting and it's great to see how the builder has adapted for the Florida environment. As always, you have lots of great information to share.
Thanks Dianne. Nice to hear from you!
When it's 100deg 100% humidity 24/7 in July-Sept, those cool tubes are not gonna cut it.
Super awesome, wow what a project. Cool beans.
Yeah I want an update too, I subscribed. We live in North Texas and want to do a permaculture property and earth ship. Glad to find these builders so we have someone to call when it's time !
Great work, yes!
My back yard ! Cool ! Ty4Sharing
Wolf🐺 👍....from west central Florida.
You should make a trip and check it out. It might be close to done by now.
@@HardcoreSustainable .....Would love to some day. Ty
@@HardcoreSustainable ....an hour south of St. Petersburg does not tell me the address of earthship though ??
@@HardcoreSustainable ... Is it around Venice, Florida ??
Thanks ron
Brilliant!
Love love these homes
Good idea
Thank you!
Love ,love you Ron!!
Your whole description of the process.
I want to build one, and ha ve some ideas for a community.
Love it so much. Planning on building one up here in Montana.
Thank you, good wishes with the Earthship.
Wow great functional designs here! From the outside, it looks dominating!
Keep up the good work 🙏❤️
Thanks for sharing this with us, please share the update when you go again.
There is a way to automate the collection of rainwater from roof runoff. You have a y value that lets the first water run down into the lower leg and fill it up with the amount of water it takes to get to clean water. Then the rest of the water goes up the second leg and into the holding tank. The lower leg has a small bleed line that empties the lower leg after the rain stops.
I have a 35 year old house and designed it so that I can leave it for months at a time. It can be done.
I have that kind of setup for my rainwater collection system too.
I'd be keen to see an update in future.
Great analogy for a great structure. 👍
Good job
As an HVAC engineer in Tampa I’m going to follow this build and see how fast the owners will grow mushrooms 🍄 in that “house”. I’m all for eco friendly builds, but mister builder with all the answers, can you please provide a thermodynamic analysis that proves that he moisture will be removed properly ?
there is a reason why geothermal isn’t popular in the sunshine state...
I would think that desiccation would be the primary solution for that. I've been looking into liquid desiccant systems that can be recharged with the kinds of temperature that you get from solar thermal systems. There were some recent experiments working with a non-compressor AC. The final design cooled and desiccated incoming air with what amounted to a swamp cooler that used a potassium chloride solution in place of pure water. The rest of the system was there to recharge and drive off humidity that the desiccant grabed and then cool down the heated desiccant before running it through more incoming air. Video here: ruclips.net/video/7w4rg3UcsgI/видео.html
IF it's possible to get most of the needed heat to perform the recharge from a solar thermal system, then it seems likely that you could run a desiccant tower outside the culvert entrances and dry out incoming air before chilling it in the berm. If you wanted to be really extra about it, you could run tubing through another section of the berm to cool the desiccant back down from its recharge temperature.
Wonder how much of the humidity gets removed in the fresh air pipes in the ground?
Just run a dehumidifier if it really comes to that.
@@Alex-uo4qq Dehumidifier would work only in a space with low ventilation and surrounded by a a vapor barrier. The existing heating and cooling system would be disabled. More costly to operate.
@@oj5218 As air is cooled R H would increase. Condensation is expected when air is wet to start with.
Nice torquise in the back 😎
I live in Jacksonville, Fl. I would love to know how they're dealing with the humidity, especially since they're just south of St. Pete (which gets hotter and more humid than Jax). Great video. I'm happy to see earthships have made it to Florida!
Back in 74 or 75, there was one along A1A between Jax and St Augustine. Just south of Saw Grass. Let me know if you find it. I was living in Jax Bch. Seattle Born Now live in 4 seasons Idaho.
@@RANDOG1951 What side of the road the beach side or intercoastal side?
I think you're thinking of the castle like structure, The Myakka City Earthship is the only one build so far that I know of, Ive heard someone in Jacksonville has one but yet to meet them.
Great video will be nice to see the follow up on it. Would love to have one of these homes 😊😊😊
great vid
I want a small version of this house!! I love the self sufficiency of it. ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
me too.
💖🍀🌱🌱🌱🌎🌏 i cant wait to build mine!! So happy to see this home.
Without a doubt, this concept is the exact right move for our uncertain future. It solves all the outstanding issues for future life and prosperity off the doomed grid.
I'm designing my own eco house at the moment, One concern I have is with the earth tubes, especially connected straight into the living space, in such a high humidity environment, I think that would cause A lot of moisture problems. Those tubes do not look long enough to really change the air temperature, and would condense A ton of water in the pipe. I've watched a ton of videos on people doing earth tubes, it seems like the best is to have a steep angle with a smooth plastic pipe so any water that does condense drips right back to the intake. My guess is that that air, will smell very musty and could cause respiratory issues. Also from the research i've done it's almost always recommended that earth tubes be done only in arid environments, by doing this is such a high humid climate, I would think you would need an active filtration system to have healthy air. Can anyone that has 1st hand experience chime in, I would like to hear other thoughts on this?
wiseandfunfox see my comment about two days before yours. Earth tubes are a bad idea in such a humid environment.
The only way I can see the tubes working is if it is an enclosed circuit going from inside the house out under the dirt and back inside, fan forced. Other than that, a dehumidifier draining into the botanical cell is the ONLY solution I can see working.
look at termites and their ventilation towers ;)
Maybe use dehumidifiers in line , would eat up energy.but should solve the moisture problem.
You are quite correct, the original builder of the structure had buried a manifold of 4 - 4" tubes, 60' long buried 15' underground (a total of 16 tubes). Those earth air tubes had close to a 20 degree temperature change. The crew in this video decided to close those off and install the short culverts above ground; as it turned out the new metal tubes actually added heat to the air coming into the building. Systems that work in New Mexico, don't necessarily do well in a tropical Florida.
Ron you are the man
you actually don't have a choice whether or not you tie yourself to the grid in the State of Florida because we tried building an eco-village down there and we were essentially shut down because it is illegal to be off grid there you have to tie into the utilities but I love that aspect that you can tie into them not for them to make money but for you guys to that's awesome
LOVE the video! Please post return trip video. Would love to see finished build.
I'm working on contacting the owner to ask about another video. We'll see, but I want to do it while I'm here this winter.
This man is awesome! He says he does not build wealthy peoples second houses and that is the kind of attitude we need. Great job.
Wow! That's wonderful! I heard rumor of an earthship somewhere in my area but haven't gone looking for it yet.
OMG. I swear if I ever win the lottery I want to build one of these homes in Alabama.
At least you won’t be at sea level.
Im in Alabama too. You dont have to win the lottery to build one!! Recycled materials!
These houses cost a small fortune to build, that's why practically all the extant earthships are around Toas. Trust fund hippies.
I love how the energy feels when you first walk into the home! So much connectedness!
You just don't get that with conventionally constructed homes. You can never go wrong living in harmony with nature!
It's VERY connected to the environment! So much so that it literally rains inside when it's raining outside.
I'm legally blind and I have always dreamed of living self sustainably off the grid, but it isn't plausible for somebody like me, so I am trying to find a compromise that will make it so I can live that dream to a small extent. So far the best thing I have found is an apartment in a small town next to a lake and a river. Right now I am living in Kansas but later on, I will be moving back to my home state Oklahoma where I am going to try to find my permanent residence, a place I will live for the rest of my life. I am 38 and don't want to move around anymore. I want to settle down somewhere and live the best I can in harmony with nature. Got any tips or recommendations?
Also, Earthships are so cool!
All the best to You!
Check out permaculture gardening/farming and look for solar possibilities in that area since that will be your most abundant natural energy supply. Maybe shoot for buying a small plot of land at some point and finding eco-developers to help construct something simple and efficient to run/manage. Good luck!
That sounds very interesting. I'm trying to find a buyer right now for my estate that's perfect for earthship building from our natural resources here in an ancient ocean basin in eastern North Carolina, sitting on sand and clay beside a pond. This place is so unbelievably cool it's kind of hard to imagine. I have 12 fully rented cabin style homes, commutable to Raleigh NC, on a horse estate, 10 horses grazing all around, 7 + pastures with run ins, 9-stall stable plus Very complete horse facilities including trails, show ring, lunge pen, dry lot/covered riding area, community center clubhouse, 18 acres already on septic and well water, perfect spot for tiny homes, earthships and permaculture. Boats, fishing, pool. Too much to list. Already have a community garden. Spirit is leading me to the right buyer. I'd like to actually stay with this project until I die. I live across the pond from it. All my retirement is wrapped up in it so it's time for me to step away let the strong young people guide it. If Spirit leads you to want to know more, talk to my real estate agent, Jim O'Malley at 919-584-7070, listing today August 20th 2021 at one and a half million with 6.3 cap rate I believe. I might make that partnership or deal at a work site like this, and I'm now looking for the opportunity to do it :-)
@@wendywhite2642Just saw what might be your estate on your agent’s site. It looks absolutely stunning! I wish I could put in an offer, but it’s out of my buying-power league. I hope you find the right buyer who will utilize the property the way you wish it 🙏🏻!
@@BogoEN I feel so blessed by your kind reply! 😁❤️🌄🧘♀️
They need to build a community of these around the area. These are hard to sell if there is no one around who knows how to operate one.
Also, address mold, and flooding. I think it needs a certain rise above ground level, a dry moat, and more ventilation. Access to local breezes. Maybe some kind of naturally powered fan.
Yeah, I think mold is going to be a problem. If they coated the interior walls with lime plaster that would help control mold.
Also, last time I heard someone talk about a convection cooling tunnel like that, it had to be shut down because of mold inside the tunnels.
Andrea Wisner
I think you are right. In this climate, it kind of reminds me of a bomb shelter; something to use in bad weather or emergencies, but it might not be healthy to live in full time.
Find out whether it works before building more.
yes, I think the humidity is going to wreck this house. it will rust those galvanized tubes, it will grow mold on the walls. The only way to deal with humidity is to have constant and thorough air movement with active dehumidification.
Maybe a membrane that would turn it back into water?
They are making a. Lot of adaptions to the traditional earthship design for humidity. I agree they may need some AC or dehumidifiers running to dry out the building. They already are not using Cob because they know it will never dry in Florida humidity. But it’s why I am following this closely to see if this works in Florida.
Thank you for that video about the Florida Earthship. We live here in Maryland and are inspired to build an Earthship too using natural products. (Recently learned about AirCrete concrete. It seems like amazing stuff with incredible insulation properties.) In 2012 we visited Taos to stay in 2 Earthships and conduct a business meeting with Mr. Michael Reynolds on a possible Earthship in Maryland. In 2013 we also were able to visit Michael's son (mentioned in the video) in Philadelphia. On our honeymoon would you believe we visited the Kentucky Earthship. It is very encouraging to see a Florida Earthship! It was great to see a different design with the garden area in the middle of the home. In saying that, our additional hopes for this video titled "An Earthship Like None You've Ever Seen" for us is what is the solution to combating the immense humidity heat that plagues the East Coast, and do so without humidifiers inside the home at the end of the cooling tubes, or a traditional HVAC system. About two years ago, we reconnected with Taos headquarters via email to inquire about the humidity issue. Regrettably however at the time, headquarters informed us they were yet to discover the secret to Earthships being built in the two extreme climates: extreme humidity and extreme cold. The Earth's constant 57 F Degrees combined with the cooling tubes and skylights are the perfect solution for dry arid climates. However in extreme humidity climates, the 57 F Degrees is simply not cool enough to efficiently remove the necessary moisture from the air. We were told regrettably the cooling tubes in extreme humid climates, condensate only a fraction of the moisture from the air, as the air passes through the tube. This Florida Earthship will be a very good testing ground for the humidity. My big burning question is has the humidity issue been solved?
That's a good question, and also interesting to hear the answer from the people who designed the earthships. I have to go back to the Florida earthship to find out if there are solutions to that problem. I'd thought that the tubes might condense a lot of the moisture, but I guess not. I wonder if they could design a kind of condenser coil for a portion of the tubes that would cool the air enough to condense the moisture and dehumidify it before it came into the house. It would require energy input and produce heat, but maybe less than a regular dehumidifier and would take advantage of the precooled air to reduce the amount of energy needed to condense the moisture. It would have to cool it to below the dew point, but maybe have to cool it even more to condense the moisture quickly as it moves through the tubes.
I could see a coil with lots of surface area like is found in a dehumifier that the air going through the tubes would pass through. An AC moves air through really fast, so maybe these tubes wouldn't require as much of a dense coil to still condense.
Thankyou. I live in Florida and wondered if this was possible
That's a beautiful ship, I love to see when the design meets the environment. However, with all the earthships I've seen, my permaculture head screams at them for letting all that hot air out of the top vents without putting a small turbine there to scavenge a bit of power from that heat engine instead of just letting it fly out untapped.
After 100+ years of needless waste, we're gonna need a few minutes to get up to speed. That's assuming we have a minute before we F up it all!
Build one yourself and add that feature. There are a lot of options. But, yes I see things all the time like that. So I understand what u r saying.?
Cool idea! I shall try this myself!
We have a hybrid in S. Co. Tire bales, with a bit of pounded tires...not complete but all livable...
This one will be cool, is cool thou!
Really want to see continual updates on this one.
Great video full of important info! Had this project been finished yet? I live in Florida and I love that earth ships are coming down south 👏🏼👏🏼
Man I'm a roofer in st.pete and do alot of eco building and they should really do a silicone system on the roof it would drop interior temps by a few degrees.
The roof system is what ultimately stopped this project shortly after this video was filmed. The amalgamation of roofing techniques didn't end up working very well in Florida and water pours into the building with each rain. The New Mexico crew also being unfamiliar with Florida codes skipped a few anchoring steps that triggered a stop work order by the building department.
I love the idea of selling the power back to FPL.
Great vid! I'm just surprised you got it passed in Florida! Seems like they don't like off grid anything
Definitely , learn something New . I'm very interested in this and will love to the finished product. Wow , Cave man had the right ideas an
Oops sorry , knew how to survive . Think how long ago that was . I will definitely keep up with the progress of this earth house project .
I'd like to see a update video about this!
I would love to see how this goes. Definitely do a follow up in a year or two. Janice
Thanks for posting. Curious as to whether or not earthships are viable in this humid Florida climate. It will be great to see it finished.
This video is from 2019, now in 2023 has it been completed? I've visited Taos many years ago and saw the original earthships. Building one in FW Florida has immense challenges compared to Taos environment. I live in Ft Myers, not far Myakka and would love to visit this.
you can add old cut grass for the cement mix as well
Thank you! Finally an earthship for our Tropical Climate here in the Philippines!
Galvanized culverts are corrugated. As the hot humid air will hit them, the water vapor will condensate on the metal sides and collect in the corrugation. I hope they thought about this and integrated a drainage system. Otherwise it will be mold bonanza in there.
Mathieu Lamaure ooooo you just saved me some headache on my build! Thanks!
this is the guy to build the earth ship he knows everything
An updated video would be great! :)
I had planned to try to visit there this past winter, but had to leave Florida early because of the pandemic.
There needs to be a contractor developer for Earth homes and domes, totally specialist engineers and architects. To progress and create the demand for everyone interested in them all.
You are eco gurus. Nice to see eco gurus know how to compromise when it makes sense!
I've been wanting to build an earthship for a while
Its good to see how it's different from the global model. I'm located in Milton Fl
Love earthships
I hope to see Earthship communities not just in Florida, but around the world as well. Humans should be living in harmony with nature, not against it.
NEXT LEVEL labor exploitation. A _learning experience_ in exchange for gruelling, back breaking labor.
I suppose but they aren't chained down. Anyone can leave at any time. I guess they feel they are getting some value for their labor or they wouldn't stay there.
I hope they get to the point its no longer a baby and you can go on vacation. Good work!
This was a really great video with Ron explaining everything in detail, but because this particular earth ship is so different from others it would've been nice to do a walk around and show us what it looks like.
I'd love too see what it looks like when it's completely finished.
I think this is awesome !!! I want one , I'm interested to do one in Porto Rico 🤔
I love it when people get all starry eyed and say 'I am gonna live in an EARTHSHIP!!!1'. Then after 12 years they are still not living in their earthship.
Pound 3-4 wheelbarrows of dirt into one tire before deciding if you want to go on this particular journey ;)
@FacePuncher/ futurecare IKR...The snakes, rats, and myriad of other burrowing animals are salivating to get in the hovel...it's nice to see so many others in the comments realizing how foolish this sort of structure is.
@FacePuncher Exactly!
You don't have to use the tires. The principals or thermal insulation, water catchment and treatment, year round food production and solar harvesting, can be utilized with almost any structural material.
I am planning on building one with formed filled foam-crete and flagstone walls. It will take a lot less physical effort, but I will lose the earthquake proofing from the 'give' in the tires. You can also build them out of bales of straw coated in adobe/cement with a cement foundation under the straw. This method requires more solid 'framing' than if you built with tires.
@@HeatherNaturaly The basic principles are sound, don't get me wrong. I even like their aesthetic, their commitment to recycling waste materials, the idea of integrating a house into the earth. All of that is great.
People just underestimate how much bloody work goes into making one of these structures when going with the original recipe.
I meant it when I say you should try to pound 3-4 wheelbarrows of dirt into one tire. I have done that, it takes a few hours and then you have one tire. Then imagine multiplying that by a couple thousand.
@FacePuncher 'eco-friendly' building goes beyond the building materials. Earthsips are designed to be sustaining with no reliance on outside power(from coal or other fossil fuels) or water. That is what makes them so much more 'eco-friendly'.
"plastics which come off the construction site can be melted into other stuff".... contractors don't do this. It goes in the trash and goes to the landfill.
"concrete is reusable"....concrete is not reused. It is also no eco-friendly to produce or get rid of.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_concrete
I have a dream and have filed for a federal grant and think these would be perfect for the veterans village I want to do . It solves the homeless vet and the save the earth aspects it's a win win for my little hippie heart. Thank you for this incredible video. Much love to ya
Great idea
@@HardcoreSustainable if anyone wants to take this idea and do it as well that's great the more the better the goal isn't credit for me the goal is getting vets off the street that's what's important not who does it or where the idea came from as long as it gets done the more the merrier 😉
I'm a vet and I want to build earth ships... I love your idea!
Would be nice for a follow up and also when he talking about the details it would be nice to see it while he discusses it.
How do you keep condensation from pooling in the culvert pipes? And how do you keep the humidity out of the home if you are pulling air directly from outside?
In most air based ground source systems like this one should drill holes in the tubing so that it’s absorbed back in the earth.
I would guess that some of the pipe is perf and since the moisture in the hot air would condense upon entering the cool earth-bermed pipe, it would remove a lot of the humidity and run into the ground. That is just a guess though.
I think even if the pipe was perforated or not, it still would have lots of constant moisture in the pipes. My guess is that it would smell musty very quickly. Better to use smooth plastic pipe that was angled steeply down so the water could excape. Culvert pipes although strong, would literally just trap tons of water in it. Just my two cents I would never do earth tubes unless you live in the desert, too much issues with air quality.
@@wiseandfunfox You are absolutely correct. The original builders on this particular project had installed earth air tubes consisting of clusters of 4 - 4" PVC pipes, 15' below the ground, 60' long. There was a manifold of 4 going into each of the 4 corner circular rooms. The builders in this video blocked those pipes off and installed the short galvanized pipes you see in the video. As it turned out, the short galvanized pipes actually increased the air temperature and did nothing for the humidity. Building in the desert is a different ballgame than the tropics.
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I appreciate how he mentions the unique climate of the area. As someone who's not from Taos NM or Portland OR, a lot of sustainability content just isn't transferable or relatable for me. It's nice to see different areas represented.
I love earthships but i live in tropical climate so what I'm going to do is just build my house with concrete and I'll use the basic concepts of earthship like Using solar power, Rainwater harvesting, a big kitchen garden, Greywater system, composting waste, recycling, reusing and I'm also thinking about buying electric vehicles but they're so expensive.
I'll tell you why he might not want to tie into grid. Next door neighbor put in solar. She gets credit towards her bill...but no credit for any power she generates over and above her needs at the moment. So she will be basically supplying power company with free power all winter long.
That sucks. But there is a hopeful seeming blockchain solution: Power Ledger or POW is a way for small renewable power producers to trade their excess power with others on the grid who need it. POW kind of creates an invisible ecosystem of power production and power users that trades automatically in the background. It requires a somewhat smarter grid but it could really revolutionize energy. (disclosure, I got excited by their proposal and invested a little)
The rules on selling back power varies from power company to power company.. each state has different laws and each utility has different policies based on those laws. Many utilities have power buy back rates per kwh in excess of what you use. Many however, dont credit you as mentioned. Long story short: do your own research to learn about your utilities policies
Funny how every area and home use vastly different amounts of power. Some areas the cost of power is still very cheap so it does not pay to sell the power back. Other areas they charge so much for power is makes zero sense not to sell the power back. With an earth ship most find the power usage tends to be lower with reduction from heat and cooling that amount to around 70% for most people who would live in a traditional house with what is common HVAC. I did note that they put in much larger earth tubes than one sees in N. M. Still in Florida the amount of heat or cooling is not really substantial due to the physics of how they perform. They also will do NOTHING when it comes to humidity.. which is why he was talking about you cannot close up an earth ship there in florida.. Can you say mold? Big time. So the earth tubes are really there for fresh air ventilation.
Well, solar cells are hard on the grid, because they aren't producing predictably. So you may have energy coming in, but no where for it to go, and that can damage the grid. So you need to adjust your reliable resources to produce less, etc.
Seems like you could put some kind of water based chiller in those air tubes. Like a radiator or something, using caught rain water.
The original builder installed a series of 4" PVC air tubes that were buried 15' underground and each room had tubing in the concrete flooring that circulated cool well water. The builders featured in this video abandoned those efforts in favor of a more desert-style earthship system.
I would love to get a chance to see this building done, im out of Tampa, FL