Earthship – Sunray Circle

Earthship – Sunray Circle

A magical circular earthship build deep in the wilderness of Northern ontario. Built from more than 80% reused or natural materials We cut the trees and milled the wood to build our home, and used 80,000lbs of earth rammed into tube netting for our primary walls.

Size of land : 50acres
Structure size:1000 ft² home with 400 ft² greenhouse
Living space: 1000 ft²
Location: Ontario, Zone 3a

Powersystem

1600 Watt Solar Panels
540ah 24v deep cycle marine Batteryblock
1400w pure sine Inverter
3000w modified sine Inverter
A gas/propane generator soon to be using methane digested from our animals (biogas).

Heating

Natural passive heat from earthship design.
6-8kW Wood stove and in floor radiant heat

Water

Water sourced from a sandpoint well that was driven inside the greenhouse.
Pump it to cisterns both in the house for the home water and up into a water tower where it auto irrigates all the gardens.
The home is 50ft from a large rivers edge, between two waterfalls, one 30ft and one 17ft. The plan is to to generate power from the river eventually.

Food / Garden

Size : 12,000 ft²
13 separate gardens, mostly keyhole style.
The garden is using hugelkulture mounds and permaculture companion planting, utilizing the local established ecosystem to create an abundance of wild forage including hazelnuts, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, mushrooms and plenty of vegetables.
Plenty of livestock: chicken, sheep, horses and such .)

Special thanks to OffGridEnclave community member Xivanari for providing Pics and Infos to present this as Project.
If you would like to see more pictures or read up on details of the build go visit https://www.facebook.com/SunrayCircle/ .

Cabine – Camp Decadence

Camp Decadence

Location: North-Central United States – Climate Zone 7

All framing is 16 inch on center. Main floor joists are 2×10 inches, walls and 2nd floor joists are 2×6, and roof rafters are 2×8. Roof pitch is 12/12 (45º). Everything is insulated with R-19 fiberglass.

Construction began in 2012. Total cost so far is around 13,000 USD and completion should top out around 15k. This includes a small amount for labor, specifically installing most windows, the roof, and the house wrap in 2013. It also includes some second-hand materials that reduced costs.

Cabine:

• Total Size : 400 ft² usable space
• 12×16 main room
• 12×6 covered porch
• 12×8 loft bedrooms (2) upstairs with…
• 12×5 landing/hall between

Power System
400 Watt Solar Panels
2x AGM Lead Acid Batteries at 24 Volt : 35 Ah
60A MPPT charge controller
1,6 kW Inverter

Heating
14 kW Stove for wood logs or coalbrickets. (can be leveld down to 3kW )

Water
Wash water is sourced from snow in winter, rain gutters/barrels in summer, and an on-property creek when those fail.
Drinking/cooking water is sourced in town and brought in jugs.

Special thanks to OffGridEnclave community member nirreskeya for providing Pics and Infos to present this as Project.
If you would like to see more pictures or read up on details of the build go visit https://old.reddit.com/user/bergamotandvetiver76/submitted/ .