#Sustainable Home Building

[darrenwalleyconsultancy]

Philippines Electrical Safety

Photo by Killian Eon Philippines electrical safety is one of a series of articles on building your home in the Philippines. So far, we talked about do you buy or build and then who to employ to build your home and last week, we covered home security. As a qualified electrician myself, I paid considerable attention to how electricians in the Philippines work and the standards they work to with a…

[vaguely-concerned]

I hope this game knows that I have never blocked or deflected a single attack in my entire life and by god I don't intend to start now. I'm running this shit in my usual fromsoftware style (I dodge or I die I will not sit meekly cowering behind my shield waiting for the end to come I shall meet it head-on on the field of glorious combat). living on adrenaline and i-frames. L1 might as well not exist to me. ah yes. the coward button. I've heard tell of it. the button for people afraid to die. for people unwilling to tank a lethal blow to the face for no reason when it's totally avoidable if you use the game mechanics the devs have handed you. you know. like a real man

[arc-hus]

Gardenhide Studio, London - Commonbond Architects

[alpaca-clouds]

Solarpunk vs Home Building

Okay, let me talk about another solarpunk topic, that we really gotta talk about: Homes. And the way we construct them. Because let's put it like that: There is a lot wrong with it.

The amount of things wrong with it depends a lot on the country - and your income bracket. But generally we do think about it wrong. Especially in the west (and let's face it: Worst in the US) we have this idea that everyone needs their own home. And in general that this home should look a certain way, should have a certain size and all of that.

Of course, I think most people active in the Solarpunk sphere do know how bad suburbia is for nature. Because of the lawns, because of the amount of concrete. All of that. It harms biodiversity.

But even if you have a super natural space around it... Let's be quite honest: Single family buildings are bad for the environment, because the per person use of basically everything is a lot worse than it is with a multi-family home/complex.

The very obvious one is heating/cooling. Because it is in fact easier to keep a multifamily home warm or cool, compared to a single family home. If you have ever lived in a multifamily home you might have noticed it yourself, that you have to heat a lot less and that the temperature in summer is also more even. (Though of course the amount also depends on the efficiacy that the house is build with.)

This has to do with the fact that there is some amount of the temperatures exchanging between the different apartments of a building.

Now, you might ask: "But what about water and electricity? You do not use less of that, right?"

Which technically is right. Still, multi-family homes will still save energy on those things. Why? Because the infrastructure is more centralized. Basically, getting the water to the house uses up less energy and material. And the same goes with electricity.

It should be noted, however, that there is a bit more complexity to this. While the heat/cooling savings basically scale quite a lot, the same is not true for water. If you build a home over a certain height, the energy will end up being used on pumping the water up.

Generally six or seven floors are the optimum in most cases.

So, if we imagine a Solarpunk city, the thing that actually makes a lot of sense is to imagine rather wide buildings with about six floors and several families living inside.

Bonus: Some ammenities can actually be shared. And be it actually something more luxurious, like a shared gym or a shared pool in the basement.

[xx-sketchy-xx]

Paper doodles for the soul. I’m working real hard on making new art, but my tablet is having a good old time not working. So here are drawings on paper

Hopefully I’ll get it up and working soon :)

[happigreens]

Hopefully soon I will have a very small house built (>700sqft). But i worry i wont have it built to my values inspite of my limited budget, including using sustainable and energy efficient building materials and features.

This article is a bit reassuring of my options if I can afford them, at least a long way down the road.

[sadsongsandwaltzes]

I don’t know what one does when everything about the way she’s wired is meant to create a home for someone, but she doesn’t have one for which to make a home

[little-homestead-in-the-suburbs]

Cleaning Jump Starter random chore picker wheel. Created from the UFYH Mini-Challenges, with extras added by me marked with an asterisk. Hope this helps someone!

[mj-aiu]

A sustainable home

if you liked it, my ID in the game is Mj_AIU, you can get it from my gallery

[lynxmuse]

Jonas by Orange architects

[handcraftedloghomes]

A beautiful log home design we built for a great client in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario. The design is unique in shape as it resembles more of a diamond than your traditional square or rectangle. This stunning log home design focusses on an open floor plan with two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1200 square feet. All of the logs came from a privately owned lot in British Columbia and were Selectively Harvested by Cascade Handcrafted Log Homes.

[pepprs]

idk how to reconcile my new self with my old self. also i fucking hate waiting. GRAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[arc-hus]

Bruny Island Cabin, Tasmania - Maguire & Devin

[saakaarconstructions-blog]

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[dirt-str1der]

Awed by my unparalleled genius back when i was in the bnha fandom (i do still want to fuck that old man this will never change)

[skillofsurvival]

What is Survival Prepping and Why It's Important

Survival prepping, also known as disaster prepping or emergency preparedness, is the process of preparing for and anticipating potential emergencies or disasters. This includes creating an emergency plan, building an emergency kit, and staying informed about potential hazards. Are you prepared for an emergency or disaster situation? The importance of disaster prepping lies in its ability to…