Earthship | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-05-16

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship


00:01:22 1 History
00:02:18 2 Construction and design
00:06:14 3 Water
00:09:16 4 Power
00:10:51 5 Thermal performance
00:14:09 6 Ventilation
00:14:47 7 Around the world
00:14:57 7.1 Africa
00:17:07 7.2 Australia
00:17:30 7.3 Europe
00:22:45 7.4 Central America
00:23:17 7.5 South America
00:23:53 8 In popular culture
00:24:14 9 See also



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An Earthship is a brand of passive solar earth shelter that is made of both natural and upcycled materials such as earth-packed tires, pioneered by architect Michael Reynolds.
An Earthship addresses six principles or human needs:
Thermo-solar heating and cooling
solar and wind electricity
self-contained sewage treatment
building with natural and recycled materials
water harvesting and long term storage
some internal food production capabilityEarthship structures are intended to be "off-the-grid-ready" homes, with minimal reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels. They are constructed to use available natural resources, especially energy from the sun and rain water.

They are designed with thermal mass construction and natural cross-ventilation to regulate indoor temperature.
The designs are intentionally uncomplicated and mainly single-story, so that people with little building knowledge can construct them.