sustainability

June 17, 2007

“sustainability ” means to sustain using resources without destruction of environment. We have used various resources for our lives in comfort, however, it’s reality that as our lives hes been getting more comfortable , we have been destroying environment. For example, we heve deforested to built our houses, in addition, we use a lot of electricity. We need to think about more environment and what we need minimum.
tiny home

My name is Jay Shafer and since 1997 I have been living in a house smaller than some people’s bathrooms. I call the first of my little hand built houses Tumbleweed (top left). My decision to inhabit just 100 square feet arose from some concerns I had about the impact a larger house would have on the environment, and because I do not want to maintain a lot of unused or unusable space. My houses have met all of my domestic needs without demanding much in return. The simple, slower lifestyle my homes have afforded is a luxury for which I am continually grateful.

Here is more information about tiny home.

There are some ways which we can reduce useless resources. One is “Tiny Home”. The information above is for “Tiny Home”. The reason why the tiny home is the way which we can reduce resources is that we don’t need a lot of trees and electricity by comparison with a big home. If we live in a small house, we need to use electricity only for small spaces. For example, we need to warm up and cool down only small spaces. In fact, we don’t use every rooms.

earthship

Here is more information about “Earthship”.

The other is “Earthship”. It is a house which is used natural sources, such as sunbeams. You can see big windows on the picture above. The reason why the big windows were put in the house is that we can use natural light from the sun. We can reduce some problems by using solar system, such as global warming.

prefab

Proponents of modern prefab are always lamenting 1) the strop that manufacturers throw when you ask for a house without old-school traditional charm, and 2) the problem of getting the house from factory to site. Converting standard 20- or 40-foot shipping containers into housing gets round both snags: the containers are already fabricated, and the infrastructure for transporting them (duh—stick ’em on the back of a truck or on a boat, or even a train) already exists. Pretty cheap, too, and pretty green considering the huge surplus of empty containers cluttering up US ports. And there’s way more to it than just cutting a door and a window into a box and calling it a house. In the extended post, we look at some of ways architects are using containers, and what the future might hold.

Here is more information about “Prefab”.

The other is “Prefab”. It is a sectional house. The house isn’t used trees uselessly because some parts are already made at a factory and built the field. It doesn’t waste resources.

A lot of sources are used in our lives more than we really need. Our lives have been more convenient, but we need to live with nature, therefore, We need to use these ideas more, and our environment will be much better.