Alberta
Sustainable
Home/Office
Jorg Ostrowski
ASH-Autonomous & Sustainable
Housing Inc.
Alberta Sustainable Home/Office
Autonomous
Sustainable
Housing
Jorg Ostrowski, M.Arch.A.S.
Helen Ostrowski, B.Arch.
Tony Argento, Orian Low, Karen Braun, Minoru Ueda
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ASH Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
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ASH front yard garden
edible flowers
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back yard vegetable garden,
rain water cisterns and
recycled plastic deck
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the whole house is a greenhouse
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food dryer and vegetable sprouts
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compost toilet
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strawbale, rammed earth
tool shed/green house
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food cycle at
compost
(ASH)
grow
Plants & Vegetables
Alberta
Sustainable
House
general
waste
eat
consume
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water consumption
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rain water system
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rain water harvesting system
drinking or garden
water
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drinkable water system
drinkable
water
storage
faucet
slow
sand
filter
cistern
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water recycling system
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water recycling
3 different greywater
recycling systems
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grey water
recycling
system
biological cleaning system
(fish and water plants)
open-web floor joists & hydroponics
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electrical consumption 1994-1999
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electrical consumption 2000-2004
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solar PV (photovoltaic) system
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using the local solar energy
space heating and hot water supply
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natural cold climate refrigeration system
fridge/freezer on left, cool closet on right
natural refrigeration system with temperature sensor
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inside/outside temperature chart
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Russian fireplace
(2 firings per day at -40℃)
space heating and passive solar heat storage
oven for
cooking
hot water
supply
fireplace
damper25
counter-current
grey water heat exchanger
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solar oven (４００°F) for cooking
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super window
R-17, 5 pane grazing
mirrors for natural light
indoor vegetable garden
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natural skylight
(Sun Pipes)
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retrofit door handle for barrier-free use
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handicap accessible bathroom
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eco
village
eco
Inventory
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sustainable community
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ecovillage
Bearspaw
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(English)
http://EcoBuildings.net
http://EcoDeveloper.com
(Japanese)
http:// www3.telus.net/mudesign/ASH/ashjpn.htm
jdo@ecobuildings.net
Thank you
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