welcome to the green house a house built for will farrell to be energy efficient and sustainable
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Welcome to the Welcome to the Green Green HouseHouse
A house built for Will Farrell to be A house built for Will Farrell to be energy efficient and sustainable energy efficient and sustainable
Location of the HomeLocation of the Home
• The home will be located in Desoto County, Florida
• This county is home to the largest solar power tower in America starting in 2009
• The house will face the west because the sun is less intense when it is going down, and it is hot in Florida
Power TowerPower Tower
• Electricity in the home will be supplied by a solar power tower
How Solar Power Towers work…How Solar Power Towers work…
• Large reflectors reflect light into a tower, which heats water into steam
• This steam turns turbines and creates electricity
Active Solar HeatingActive Solar Heating
• Solar panels grab light from the sun and use it as energy to create heat for our home
Energy Saving WindowsEnergy Saving Windows
• The house will be equipped with windows that help keep air conditioning and heating in the home
Biogas DigesterBiogas Digester
• Placed in the ground and allow decomposition of animal waste, dead plants, human waste, and other degradable household items
Recycled CountertopsRecycled Countertops
• Our home has recycled metal countertops
• Also, all the metal in our house is from junkyards across the country
L.E.E.DL.E.E.D
• Our home reduces water usage, by collecting rain water on the roof which drains into boilers to clean them, then large tanks which we can use for storage
• Reuse of existing materials- Our home’s metals are from old cars and scrap metal
L.E.E.DL.E.E.D
• All rooms are equipped with light energy saving motion sensors that detect when a person is and inst in the room, and turns the lights on and off automatically
LandscapingLandscaping
• Our roof is flat which allows us to grow plants on it
PondPond
• We will also have a pond near the house home to fish, which we can eat occasionally
LawnLawn
• The front lawn will be made up of small pebbles instead of grass to reduce lawn mower pollution
TreesTrees
• Also, our climate allows us to grow Palm Trees around the home which will help with taking co2 out of the air and putting oxygen in it
Siding ChoiceSiding Choice
• We are selecting insulated siding to cover the house which helps keep heat and cool air in the house
Color SchemeColor Scheme
• The house will primarily have white and light colored walls and siding, this color wont absorb heat as much as darker colors