Here are our preliminary designs for our straw bale house.
In order to maintain thermal efficiency we have gone for the 'curled cat' design.
We have a north / South block so our large windows are facing north with eaves, designed to draw in winter sun and block our summer sun, we plan have the capacity to store about 40,000 litres
of water, recycle grey water and black water using a Biolytix system for use on a fruit orchard, heat and cook using a wood combustion Rayburn stove which will also provide hot water.
New Solar innovations are coming out from RMIT next year and when this happens we plan to install a 2kw Solar system which is about enough to provide for approx 5 - 7 kw of energy for the house per day.
In this way we are planning to operate a house that produces more food, energy and water than it consumes and can largely recycle it's own waste.
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