OFF GRID COMMUNITY: SUSTAINABLE LIVING & RENEWABLE ENERGY Pilot Project: The Off Grid Community Project

is the first stage of a multi-stage project which if successful could expand into a small selfsustaining community. Concept: Build a sustainable living self sufficient off-the-grid home system, which anyone can build for less than $100k, and open source the plans to the world. An affordable! 1"00-#"00s$ ft %pen &ourced natural material home, greenhouse, "kw wind turbine, and a "kw solar array, for less than $100k '(rowdsourced )ome * (ommunity Building+

THE PROBLEM: All over the world people cannot afford to live sustainably much less comfortably. ,hey cannot afford to buy a home, land, and the needed technology to make themselves and their families selfsufficient. -ost people, if they are able to find employment, spend most of their time working .ust to pay bills, and can barely keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. THE SOLUTION: ,he idea is simple. ,he idea isn/t .ust to build a house on a piece of land, but rather a whole system whereby a reasonable si0ed family can live comfortably, producing their own food and energy enabling them to become self-sufficient. ,his also has the added benefit of contributing food and energy to the community as well. ,he energy efficient system is designed to combine current off the shelf technology which is proven and affordable, creating a hybrid system of living which provides the necessities comforts and some of the lu1uries of traditional homes.

By combining proven technologies the learning curve isn/t as great a hurdle, and you remove the troublesome burden of reinventing the wheel!. 2nnovation can come after! the system is built and there is time to think and ponder on how to improve the system. 3eople need a place to live and call home. %nce they have that, they can think about the future. &ecuring themselves and their families first, making sure things are provided for their loved ones and themselves. ,he greatest part about this off-the-shelf- hybrid system, is it will work. A44 technologies have been proven, tested, and people use them every day. ,he only difference is this idea is combining current technologies to form a completely self sufficient and e1tensive living system.

1005 6atural and 7ecycled materials 1005 %ff ,he 8rid sustainable living 1005 8reen! 9cofriendly (onstruction 9ither earthen structure, strawbale, cob, rammed earth, bamboo, compressed earth block, etc. 9$uip with "-10kw wind turbine 9$uip with "-10kw solar array 8reenhouse: 1000-1"00 s$uare foot greenhouse for growing organic food year round, regardless of climate, or location. -aterials * ;esign < &trawbales, -ud 3laster, (9B 'compressed earth brick+ and=or, &oy and (orn based building materials, 7ecycled materials, Bamboo, etc. %pen &ource ,echnologies: )ouse will be built using 1005 %pen &ource technology B>24; 2, ?%7 49&& ,)A6 $100k < 2ncluding land, time, labor, e$uipment, permitting, and materials. (reate a design that can be implemented for $"0k complete with land and materials. Brainstorm about ways to do it for $#"k or less 3erhaps use Cargo Containers and traw!ale for the building. ,his really lowers costs and provides insulation in cold or hot environments.

HOME: @#0-#"00 s$uare foot home. ;epending on material costs. GREENHOUSE: ?or growing produce for consumption and for sale at local community farmers market. DUAL NATURAL POWER SYSTEM:

"kw Aind ,urbine: 3roduces enough electricity to power a small home "kw &olar 3anel Array: 3roduces enough electricity to power a small home

Pa t!c!pant" & B#!$%!n&: ,he home will be built using mostly volunteer time, labor, e$uipment. Pa tne '!t( Man#)act# e " )o %!"co#nte%*) ee B#!$%!n& Mate !a$": "aterials could !e purchased at cost #or free$ from %CO&'(%)*+, "-T%'(-+ "-).&-CT.'%' in exchange for their partnership. /enefits include0 !ecoming part of the Open ource 1ome Project Team0 recognition of their gi2ing on their own product page on this we!site0 promoting their !usiness0 free pu!licity3ad2ertising3exposure for their company0 their participation helps to create a new 4ind of sustaina!le home system.

2ncrease their company/s visibility (reates interest in their products and services 2nvestment in the betterment of humanity, education, lifestyle, and progress 9nhancement of business image 2ncreased advertising opportunity ;emonstrates concern for community issues

Open So# ce%+ )ouse's+ would be built using as much open sourced labor, e$uipment, technology and software as possible.

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Mo%e$ So$%: Ahen complete the house would be placed on the market and sold at near market value. P o)!t S(a !n&: 3rofits 'if any+ would be split with the whole team. BBBBB 3hase 2: 8reen Architecture ;esign (ontest '$ pri0e+ 3hase 22: ;esign &election * -odification 3hase 222: 7ecruitment * 3lanning 3hase 2C: 3ermitting 3hase C: ,he Build 3hase C2: ,he &ale 3hase C22: ,he &hare 'profit share or forming of residential=agricultural co-op+

TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION: &hipping (ontainer )omes 8eodesic ;omes )ouses (ompressed 9arth Brick 7ammed 9arth &traw Bale (ob Bamboo BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSta&e ,: After the pilot %pen &ource )ome 3ro.ect!

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,his is a simple @; model of the concept of the open community pro.ect. ,his is a agriculture co-op community, using the above Open ource 1ome Projectsystem, and e1panding it into a full community farm pro.ect where residents are also owners in the farm and share in the proceeds of the farm revenue. 2t also doubles as a farmers market on weekends to provide revenue for community families.

A shipping container home could be implemented in lieu of a traditional stick built house.

&ince this is a co-op business, those families would be part owners in the residential=agriculture co-op which will function similarly to a (&A 'community supported agriculture+ farm. A H-. !% Coope at!/e Fa 0*Co00#n!t-: ,he entire pro.ect is designed with community in mind. ?rom residential, to agricultural, to business the entire concept is an energy efficient and all units! function as a whole. 9ach home system acts as energy=food producers. Coope at!/e Mac(!ne: 2t/s basically a bioecomachine generator, powering the farm through the cooperative sharing of energy produced by the home units! which produce about "-F kilowatts of electricity per hour through the wind=solar 10kw power system. ,he average home in the >nited &tates uses about 1"00 kilowatts of power each month. SOLAR POWER SYSTEM: ,here are @# home systems. ,his e$uates to a whole system which will generate 'at peak+ appro1imately 1G0 kilowatts per hour at "05 efficiency. ,he community will be built in &outhern (alifornia which has an average of G hours of good sunlight per day. %n less sunny days, winds pick up, and the "kw Aind ,urbine will supplement energy generation.

@# home systems 1 "kw H 1G0 kw per hour G hours 1 1G0 kw per hour 'at peak+ H IG0 kilowatts of electricity generation per day IG0 kilowatts per day 1 @0 days H #J,J00 kilowatts of electricity generation per month

2f you want to take it further, or think this isn/t enough power for @# homes, keep in mind @@5 of the time homes will probably be vacant because families will be out and about. ,hat is I"0K kilowatts of electricity per month that can run the farm while houses are not in use. ,his system 'at roughly "05 efficiency+ should produce LIG0kw per day for the entire farm=community during daylight hours. WIND POWER SYSTEM: Aind blows appro1imately "05 of the time in &outhern (alifornia.

#K hours per day 1 @0 days H F#0 hours per month = # H @G0 hours of run time ?igure "05 efficiency which cuts that number down to 1J0 hours of wind=generation time. 1J0 hours 1 "kw H I00 kilowatts of power per month per unit @# home systems 1 I00 kilowatts H #F,000 kilowatts per month

GREENHOUSE SYSTEM: ,here are @# greenhouses on @# lots. 9ach greenhouse is at least 1000-1#00 s$uare feet. ,his means there is @#,000@J,K00 s$uare feet of grow space to produce organic food crops, and specialty herbs, spices, and even include a small a$uaponics system if homeowner chooses. ,he idea of course is a completely modular system which allows home owner=community member to become 1005 self-sufficient, as well as produce food. 91cesses can be sold at market. WATER SYSTEM: Aater could be produced by a community well, and=or a combination of water collection system, lake=pond and individual water collection. ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR: Aater production can also be supplemented by individual atmospheric water generators. A water generator is a simple system which combines off the shelf technology 'refrigerator+ some copper tubing, vegetable oil, a charcoal filter, and two small ;( water pumps to produce water through a condensation method, and collects the water in sterili0ed water tanks. All parts should cost less than $1000 to build the unit. Ae/ll also store water in large tanks and=or reservoirs located throughout the community.

TOP VIEW DIAGRAM OF LAYOUT OF OFF GRID COMMUNITY

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NATURAL/SUSTAINABLE BUILDING RESOURCE LINKS:

OPEN DESIGN: SUSTAINABLE LIVING & NATURAL BUILDING RESOURCE LINKS Here is a list of resource links relating to green technology and open source information. Open Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Crowdsourcing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding Sustainable Li ing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_li ing Open Source !cology: http://opensourceecology.org/ "lobal #illage Construction Set: http://opensourceecology.org/g cs.php #ideo: http:// imeo.com/$%$&%'() Open*aterials: http://openmaterials.org/(&$$/&$/+$/making,stuff,pbs/ Shipping Container -rchitecture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_container_architecture Containerist: http://containerist.com/ Shelter .orums / 0atural 1uilding .orum: http://shelterforums.com/ Strawbale Construction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw,bale_construction Shipping Container Seller 2$: http://storagecontainers.net/listman/listings/ Shipping Container Seller 2(: http://www.truckertotrucker.com/trucking/container,trailers.cfm "reen 3iki: http://green.wikia.com 4emo ing 5nstitutional 1arriers to Sustainability:http://oasisdesign.net/design/legali6esustainability/ Community Supported -griculture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community,supported_agriculture 0atural 1uilding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0atural_building

Sutainability: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability Off 7he "rid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off,the,grid Self Sufficiency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self,sufficiency 5n,Situ 4esource 8tili6ation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5n,situ_resource_utili6ation 95: !thic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95:_ethic !cology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/!cology 1uild Out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1uild,out Open Source Home 9esign Competition: http://architectureforhumanity.org/e ents/(&$&,&$,$;,open,source, house,design,competition "reen <ower Science: http://greenpowerscience.com/ Open Structures: http://openstructures.net/ 1y!=ample.com: http://www.bye=ample.com/ How to build an Open Source Community: http://www.oss,watch.ac.uk/resources/howtobuildcommunity.=ml 9esign 5deas 9aily: http://dornob.com/ 1io9iesel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1iodiesel 1io <lastics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1ioplastic 1io <lastic <roducts: http://www.cereplast.com/ -lgae 1iofuel #59!O: http://www.youtube.com/watch> ?n@_,Aguuh1w -lgae 1iofuel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1iofuel_from_algae -lgae fuel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-lgae_fuel <hotobioreactor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<hotobioreactor #ertical .arming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/#ertical_farm Solar 1ottle Lights: http://www.youtube.com/watch> ?S13i+0t09%B Compressed !arth 1lock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_earth_block <ermaculture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<ermaculture -CuaCulture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-Cuaculture -Cuaponics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-Cuaponics Hydroponics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics .actor e .arm 5nfrastructure 1uildout (&$$: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/.actor_e_.arm_5nfrastructure_1uildout_(&$$ .actor e .arm: http:// imeo.com/$@@;&;@) .la=: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.la=