Passive house for the mother of four children in Utah

Green home for Navajo families

Non-profit design and construction company of Utah Design Build Bluff has built a charming independent communications house mother of four children in Utah. Suzie Whitehorse. fled from her husband-an alcoholic and moved into a tiny hut in the Navajo nation. However, such conditions are absolutely not suitable for big families with children. In the situation decided to intervene the Higher College of architecture and planning, Utah. Using mostly earth, recycled materials that were found on local construction sites, as well as traditional construction methods, 18 graduate College built a beautiful new home, equipped it with solar panels and rocket stoves. So, thanks to the green technologies, Susie and her children started a new life.



Green home for Navajo families



A new house with an area of slightly less than 1,000 square feet, and was built using clay, sand, straw and Adobe bricks. Then the structure was covered with sheets of recycled aluminum, was placed on top of wood paneling from recycled pallets that were brought from the river port in the neighbouring town.



Green home for Navajo families



The reservation in the summer is very hot and dusty, so the design team decided to raise the house four feet above the ground. This was made out of recycled telephone poles. Thus, the wind that keeps blowing under the house, cool floor. At any moment the house can be ventilated with cool air. Here in this simple (and cheap) way designers have ensured that for cooling or heating the air in the house does not require any mechanical systems.



Green home for Navajo families



In winter, the desert quickly becomes cold and hostile, so the team built a jet stove that quite literally bundles of firewood to a few minutes to heat the whole house. South glazed wall of the house, if you want to warm and illuminate the house with natural solar light. On the South wall is also located a vertical solar panels used for water heating. On the roof of eco is the collection of rainwater, which directs water into an underground tank containing 2000 gallons.



Green home for Navajo families



The house, built on Navajo nation in the Utah desert beautifully demonstrates how to use ecological projects to make the lives of ordinary people, such as Susie Whitehorse. much happier.

Source: www.ecobyt.ru/