Comments on: ZERO YEN HOUSE EXHIBITION http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/12/zero-yen-house-exhibition/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Walter H. Barretthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/12/zero-yen-house-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-7158 Walter H. Barrett Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:25:44 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/12/zero-yen-house-exhibition/#comment-7158 Thanks Maggie: We have already found that just by asking around it is possible to get amazing amounts of left over construction materials. There are literally tons of them going to the landfills. So far we have picked up new sheets of plywood, used tempered glass sliding doors and quite usable lengths of treated lumber of various sizes. We plan to build a 12' L X 8' W x 10'H passive solar mini home off the grid with a sleeping loft, a waste vegetable oil backup heater, solar watrer pump, solar shower, and a composting toilet. We expect to do this on a DIY basis for very little money. Photos and specs will be available. We feel we can do this with about seventy-five percednt recycled materials and still look like a factory built mini home module. We will be happy to share informatrion with any interested parties. We are seeking cheap land in the New England area to buiild a demo unit. Winter is coming so it will probably be in the spring. We are also seeking cheap indoor space for an assembly line if the concept works out. Someone has to make a start in the lows coast solar home field. Walt Barrett Thanks Maggie:
We have already found that just by asking around it is possible to get amazing amounts of left over construction materials. There are literally tons of them going to the landfills. So far we have picked up new sheets of plywood, used tempered glass sliding doors and quite usable lengths of treated lumber of various sizes. We plan to build a 12′ L X 8′ W x 10′H passive solar mini home off the grid with a sleeping loft, a waste vegetable oil backup heater, solar watrer pump, solar shower, and a composting toilet. We expect to do this on a DIY basis for very little money. Photos and specs will be available. We feel we can do this with about seventy-five percednt recycled materials and still look like a factory built mini home module. We will be happy to share informatrion with any interested parties. We are seeking cheap land in the New England area to buiild a demo unit. Winter is coming so it will probably be in the spring. We are also seeking cheap indoor space for an assembly line if the concept works out. Someone has to make a start in the lows coast solar home field.
Walt Barrett

]]> By: Maggie van Rooyenhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/12/zero-yen-house-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-6618 Maggie van Rooyen Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:16:46 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/12/zero-yen-house-exhibition/#comment-6618 I do agree with Walter H. Barrett. I am a Realtor in New Zealand and because the Labour Government is quite socialistic there is government housing available for the lower income. With this, we still have homeless people. This article was interesing as I will show my fellow service group members it and hopefully we can come up with some ideas to help the plight of these people.This is by far the most useful website ever. Thank you for the information and the inspiration.Beacon Pathway Ltd is a research consortium in New Zealand that’s working to find affordable, attractive ways to make New Zealand homes more sustainable Their Vision is simple:Creating homes and neighbourhoods that work well into the future and don't cost the Earth.Together we can protect our precious garden the earth. It is true that we really have no where else to go. I do agree with Walter H. Barrett. I am a Realtor in New Zealand and because the Labour Government is quite socialistic there is government housing available for the lower income. With this, we still have homeless people. This article was interesing as I will show my fellow service group members it and hopefully we can come up with some ideas to help the plight of these people.

This is by far the most useful website ever. Thank you for the information and the inspiration.

Beacon Pathway Ltd is a research consortium in New Zealand that’s working to find affordable, attractive ways to make New Zealand homes more sustainable

Their Vision is simple:

Creating homes and neighbourhoods
that work well into the future
and don’t cost the Earth.

Together we can protect our precious garden the earth. It is true that we really have no where else to go.

]]> By: Walter H. Barretthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/12/zero-yen-house-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-6511 Walter H. Barrett Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:41:59 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/12/zero-yen-house-exhibition/#comment-6511 Good morning: I would just like to say that I think your web site is one of the most interesting that I have ever visited and that I have subcribed to it on Feedblitz. I believe that the tiny homes are definately the way to go for the people who are presently stuck in the lower income brackets. As an experiment, I am presently gathering up free tempered glass and other salvaged materials so that we can build a super low cost micro home that doesn't look like it was cobbled together. We have also developed a very safe heater using waste vegetable oil. The biggest problem that we see here on the east coast of the USA is that land is very expensive unless you go way up to Northern Maine, and then you can't buy a job there, so what good is that unless you happen to have an internet business. I can even envision a whole new segment of society living in older used motor homes. I am using part of the profits from my company www.chinadepot.com to work on these problems. Your web site is a huge help to me. Thank you, Walter H. Barrett President www.chinadepot.com http://thenextbillionaireswillbegreen.blogspot.com/ http://www.chinadepot.com/aboutusnew.html Good morning:
I would just like to say that I think your web site is one of the most interesting that I have ever visited and that I have subcribed to it on Feedblitz. I believe that the tiny homes are definately the way to go for the people who are presently stuck in the lower income brackets. As an experiment, I am presently gathering up free tempered glass and other salvaged materials so that we can build a super low cost micro home that doesn’t look like it was cobbled together. We have also developed a very safe heater using waste vegetable oil. The biggest problem that we see here on the east coast of the USA is that land is very expensive unless you go way up to Northern Maine, and then you can’t buy a job there, so what good is that unless you happen to have an internet business. I can even envision a whole new segment of society living in older used motor homes. I am using part of the profits from my company http://www.chinadepot.com to work on these problems. Your web site is a huge help to me.
Thank you,
Walter H. Barrett President
http://www.chinadepot.com
http://thenextbillionaireswillbegreen.blogspot.com/
http://www.chinadepot.com/aboutusnew.html

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