The Florida Solar Cracker House

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http://www.phys.ufl.edu/%7Eliz/home.html

Welcome! This document describes an "autonomous" home that my husband, Randy Cullom, and I (Who am I?) are building near Interlachen, Florida. By autonomous, we mean that it will not be connected to the utility grid, will not consume any fossil fuels, will have no public or well water connections and will not be connected to a public sewer or septic tank. Why are we doing this? Primarily, we hope to demonstrate that humans can live in a comfortable and pleasing home while attempting to minimize their negative impact on the earth. The design and, now, the building of the home has been an exciting challenge that has been in progress for several years. We hope that you will enjoy reading about our adventure, and will come back often as we continue to update and complete the story.

Comments

[drstevechaos.livejournal.com]

You know, I have a professor (Laurent Hodges) in my department (which incidentally also happens to be physics) who lives in a similar home design. Does my field just attract the left-fielders or what?

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, physicists tend to be weird. But in a cool way.

[ex-soma349.livejournal.com]

that is so cool.

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it. Do you plan on building a self-sufficient home? If so, what do you want to see in it?

you've inspired me to plan

[ex-soma349.livejournal.com]

Not anytime soon : ) But when I get out of an apartment living rut I would love to. My current financial situation has me so far from even imagining my home of the future, I try not to plan anything too far ahead, so that I don't get depressed.

Let me do some more reading, and I'll get back to you on the features : )