Energy and Other Projects

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

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Adobe Dome Compression and Water Test

My goal with this test was to understand the mechanical techniques of using the compass method Auroville Earth Institute has listed in their...
Final CinderBlock Stove
Test Adobe Dome and Garden

....the sand garden. .....the buried cane grass garden. ....7th layer of brick ....5th Layer of adobe brick ....3rd Layer using a met...
8" Rocket Stove

Composting Toilets, Gravity Fed Showers, and Rocket Stove ...did a few things this summer 2009... $15 build one that actually works vide...
Tiny House 6" Rocket Mass Heater

Source for clay, clay, and rocks on their support. Notes: -The rocks ho...
Simple Effective Washer Machine
Dryer Vent Winter Heater

Like most awesome ideas, dryer vent heaters aren't a new idea. Someone verbally mentioned it to me (imagine that, f2f actually works) an...
SAH Solar Air Heater

*Update 20190119* In fully overcast but bright conditions, the SAH raises the air temperature by 7 degrees. On days fully overcast dark a...
Adobe Test Dome Finished

....and FINISHED!!! ....Capstone ... or rather, capstones. ...Layer 9.
Chicken House 2010

...oh why do I build in late fall???