Ayman Helweh
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ZeroHouse is a totally self-sustaining home that produces its own energy and water. And to add a personal touch, the house is completely customizable. Oh, and it can be erected in one day only with steel frame components and a helical-anchor foundation system without any excavation! Designed by New York architect Scott Specht, the self-sustaining ZeroHouse read-made house generates its own power, collects its own water, processes its own waste and is 100% automatic. It also features sensors that communicate with the user’s PC for climate control, and programmable long-life low-energy LED lighting that is built into the walls and ceilings.  High-efficiency solar panels produce power which is then stored by a battery to provide up to a week of power should the sun ever be devoid of enthusiasm. Triple glazing and low-e heat-mirror glass enable the windows to be large without affecting heat levels. Exterior doors are also insulated to further stabilize the house’s temperature. Less high-tech but nevertheless rewarding, the house’s water and waste processing system features rainwater collection facilities, which is then sent though the house via the power of gravity, avoiding unnecessary electricity-hungry pumps. The house’s garden even gets in on the self-sufficiency act, being fed twice a year by the waste that the house collects and turns into compost
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