An Eco-Conscious Dwelling

An Eco-Conscious Dwelling http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html When i built my home, i endeavored to make it as “sustainable” & “self-sustaining” as was reasonably possible, given the need to conform to building codes & mortgage requirements. Understand that it’ll probably always be a work in process. Furthermore, what was regarded as sustainable yesterday may not be regarded the same tomorrow... ideas on that are certainly always evolving. The longer we wait to take action, the harder it will be. And did you know?... we’re all going to be farmers again some day. Sol http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#0 03bc9ecc-341f-4dd4-84b9-79605ae274b9 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/PC310019/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/PC310019/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Sol</p></div></div> live, work, play all in close proximity http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#1 c99fe6ea-e7bc-4548-a7e9-7c2bd9d31cbc http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2270002/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2270002/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">live, work, play all in close proximity</p></div></div> from above http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#2 3931e1b5-2ea9-4c6b-8e6e-8c9e3495737f http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040022/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040022/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">from above<br/></p></div></div> from below http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#3 2a44fbda-e4c3-4839-bda0-2e01ff2bc3d9 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P6070002/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P6070002/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">from below</p></div></div> from the SW http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#4 653a5aca-b833-4e0a-8862-7759183e61e3 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040019/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040019/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">from the SW</p></div></div> beetle-kill pine & alder cabinet doors http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#5 a8811866-fbe0-42ec-9d75-08e4c62b2cd6 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9170189/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9170189/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">beetle-kill pine & alder cabinet doors</p></div></div> looking down on log spiral stairs from loft http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#6 3dd2457d-b46d-440e-905f-678218eec710 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P1010010/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P1010010/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">looking down on log spiral stairs from loft</p></div></div> ladder up to loft http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#7 903ae417-41a6-4f03-a9b9-43f0fb7b3417 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P3040010/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P3040010/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ladder up to loft</p></div></div> bedroom sconce http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#8 e33f8f96-6241-43c9-9c00-4bd90a39c70c http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P4210001/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P4210001/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">bedroom sconce</p></div></div> Larry & Larrisa http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#9 1c5588a3-04e0-43d4-9b4e-8158b9adf931 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P6180232/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P6180232/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Larry & Larrisa</p></div></div> garage/shop mural http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#10 6ff31699-63c1-4f2d-8f28-9b2b4fb15911 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9030006/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9030006/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">garage/shop mural</p></div></div> burrowing out http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#11 fdc7f408-5cc1-4299-b2fd-e1db644a9cbb http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P3270002/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P3270002/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">burrowing out</p></div></div> on the deck after an early spring dump http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#12 e90a066c-c53c-4854-bd7a-34b6f72bf90b http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P3270005/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P3270005/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">on the deck after an early spring dump</p></div></div> geared-up for winter biking http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#13 8c960575-d246-4f1b-b65e-475abcf191a3 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P1050003/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P1050003/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">geared-up for<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">winter biking</p></div></div> terraces from below http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#14 82637f62-3b4d-46c9-874e-2c5c30bfb1aa http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P6070001/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P6070001/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">terraces from below</p></div></div> terrace gardens from above http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#15 adadac3b-1768-475a-84eb-3a1bca8bf630 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040025/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040025/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">terrace gardens<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">from above</p></div></div> the late, “Boulder” guarding the garden http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#16 018c5fa0-18dd-42ea-8804-c579665abd36 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5280002/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5280002/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the late, “Boulder” guarding the garden</p></div></div> chicks & ducklings http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#17 af5f47f4-fb38-4cc4-a26c-823966fbb2d2 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5070005/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5070005/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">chicks & ducklings</p></div></div> peepers & quackers http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#18 9a7736e7-ceda-446a-9ab7-8cfc10c87e21 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P4240002/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P4240002/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">solar thermal array</p></div></div> PV panels http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#21 59719191-b3c0-4411-b000-f2cae16cb941 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2220013/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2220013/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">PV panels</p></div></div> Outback system panel http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#22 7c9de539-e88a-4654-86a2-bb91493e40ff http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2220001/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2220001/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Outback system panel</p></div></div> woodstove, strictly for backup heat http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#23 dee74cd9-718f-4ef6-9561-58b438530473 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2220010/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P2220010/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">woodstove, strictly  <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">for backup heat</p></div></div> abundant planter garden http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#24 4d4f8800-6ba6-48fb-8d81-c8fd3afcf081 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9180008/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9180008/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">abundant<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">planter garden</p></div></div> bumbler http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#25 65dbe93f-da22-4f8a-837f-e033502913fb http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P8290004/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P8290004/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">bumbler<br/></p></div></div> bambi http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#26 30cda809-39c0-49e9-94e7-c8ed0bc1d4a2 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P7070014/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P7070014/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">bambi</p></div></div> part of a harvest http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#27 da4441e5-08be-4364-bb1e-1b07c2a998d7 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/PB030019/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/PB030019/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">part of a harvest</p></div></div> looking down-canyon http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#28 55579b83-196f-4df8-b32a-f6161dfff15e http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040024/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P5040024/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">looking down-canyon</p></div></div> post-equinox sunrise http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#29 5abb6720-4880-45ea-9950-7f126d6338c2 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9280020/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P9280020/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">post-equinox sunrise</p></div></div> sunset http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#30 abe27c01-c719-46fe-abfd-800a082bd4ad http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P7020022/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P7020022/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">sunset</p></div></div> late day, across the way http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#31 3327c459-89cc-4827-865d-0dcfde642099 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P8260089/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P8260089/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">late day, across the way</p></div></div> moon & earthflag http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos.html#32 0d140f84-baba-458d-b76d-288897898207 http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P1230011/thumb.jpg http://www.khaos.com/EcoHome/HousePhotos/Photos_files/Media/P1230011/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_139_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">moon & earthflag<br/></p></div></div>