Earthship Florida 2 July 2010

General Contractor Bryan Roberts gives us an overview of the construction status as of 2 July 2010 and a quick permaculture lesson.

The music is a number called "Arrival" by Sonic Mystery used under Creative Commons license.

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[thecampustv]

We're building this one for about $ 100/foot but it has lots of really custom stuff obviously - like the greenhouse and the domes. The major cost in building an earthship is the labor - it is very labor intensive to build. We have actually developed a new building method inspired by this project that will go way faster. As far as land size goes; you could do it on a size parcel that matches the footprint of the building. we are converting an urban historic building to zero energy use now.

[MTMPL]

@thecampustv Wow!! That is wonderful!! How much would one need to build such a building? (minus the land cost). Also, what is the minmun acreage size/plot for this type of building?

[thecampustv]

@MTMPL you can follow our projects on facebook under earthship florida, the Roosevelt 2.0 and the campus TV.

[MTMPL]

I was wondering if this type of building style is approved with the Hurricane code? I hope to one day have a sustainable home :)

[thecampustv]

@MTMPL absolutely. because there is no uplift possible from under a conventional roof structure - it is all bermed up and round on top of the home - engineers have calculated this building would need winds in excess of 600 mph to cause any damage.

[EPISTEMESCIENTIA]

you guys are my new heroes! Sweet! Also, what are you using on the domes, ferrocrete?

[thecampustv]

@EPISTEMESCIENTIA thanks! It will be ferrocement and a polyuerethane foam. we're about to release an episode where we used the foam spray on our historic headquarters in Tampa; there's a little clip of that as well on the Fox 13 News video on our channel.

[13ou812]

i would like to know more about the custom work like the sewer set up i am doing one right now i would like to also know about food i think i can uses pipe to grow in,well thank you and if you have the time i would like to hear your input

[lishof2]

the first time i seen an earthship was 12-14 years ago when i was a kid in colorado the "hippy" houses but now everyone is going green these days and it is cool but still not many people know about the earthship one day i will have one

[EPISTEMESCIENTIA]

you guys are my new heroes! Sweet!