What construction materials are likely to be used and in what architectural styles and what would be the issues involved in their winning, productin and use.
2007-08-10 04:27:53 · 6 answers · asked by robbiesluvvinit 1 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
One of these:
HOUSE # 1:
A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South.
HOUSE # 2:
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville, Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore.
HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
You be the judge...
2007-08-10 08:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by 3DM 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Since most homes aren't built to last more than a hundred years, they'll be built of the most cost effective materials of the time to withstand the climate of the area. There will still be tall roofs in snowbound areas, shallow roofs in hurricane-prone areas, houses built to reflect heat in hot areas, houses built to resist earthquakes along faultlines.....you get the idea.
2007-08-10 17:13:42 · answer #2 · answered by evans_michael_ya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking changes will come slowly. And the biggest factor will be cost and the availability of product....
2007-08-10 21:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by letsget_dangerous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sustainable houses?
Earthships.
www.earthships.com
2007-08-10 23:38:44 · answer #4 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try either a cave, or a hole in the ground, of-course the hole not being natural someone will still find something to wine about.
2007-08-10 15:21:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Houses will be made the same way as today, just bigger.
(Being realistic)
2007-08-10 11:40:25 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋