Tour content
A typical tour of Earthship Brighton takes between 1 to 1.5 hours and covers:
- Introduction
- What are Earthships?
- The five elements of sustainable building - a holistic view
- Earthship Brighton as a case study - background, planning issues, funding, finance and building control
- Context - an overview of Stanmer Organics
- Use of low impact materials in construction - using local, recycled, waste, natural and renewable materials, including waste car tyres
- Passive solar design - enjoying the sun's free energy for space heating
- Renewable power - on-site generation of power for electricity and water heating with photo-voltaic panels, solar thermal panels, wind turbine and wood pellet stove
- Rainwater Harvesting - free water from the skies with no mains connection and subsequent groundwater depletion
- Using plants to treat waste - all 'waste water' is treated on-site using plants and natural processes
- Question and answer session
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