Tour content

A typical tour of Earthship Brighton takes between 1 to 1.5 hours and covers:

Introduction
What are earthships?
The five elements of sustainable building - a holistic view
Earthship Brighton as a case study - background, planning issues, funding, finance and building control
Context - an overview of the Stanmer Organics
Use of low impact materials in construction - using local, recycled, waste, natural and renewable materials, including waste car tyres
Passive solar design - enjoying the suns free energy for space heating
Renewable power - on-site generation of power for electricity and water heating with photo-voltaic panels, solar thermal panels, wind turbine and wood pellet stove.
Rainwater Harvesting - free water from the skies with no mains connection and subsequent groundwater depletion.
Using plants to treat waste - all 'waste waster' is treated on-site using plants and natural processes.
Question and answer session

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