The Solar House

Posted by on October 16, 2011 in Eco House · 23 Comments


Elaine Brook shows you round her eco-house which is fun to live in, cheap to run, and is probably how we’ll all be living in a few years time.
Video Rating: 4 / 5


The Crossway Eco Home, situated near Staplehurst, featured on Channel 4′s Grand Designs and one of the UK’s first “zero-carbon” homes. .
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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23 Responses to “The Solar House”

  1. lasay365 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Good

  2. obeee030 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DO NOT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READING THIS SO DUNT STOP. THIS IS SO SCARY. PUT THIS ON AT LEAST 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORK

  3. Flowreach says:
    October 16, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    fantastic! i want to live like this! im only 17 and im already inspired. my mums getting on a bit so she cant grow much food any more but she used too. I dont really have a green thumb but i sure do have a green future! :)

  4. bbagginz says:
    October 16, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    Excellent. Well done, very inspiring. Thanks Elaine :)

  5. cherd1971 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 7:18 pm

    your home is beautiful i pay over 200 a month for my lights and its going to go up

  6. futurePROOFenergy says:
    October 16, 2011 at 7:33 pm

    Great video, we need more local examples like that (especially in Scotland)!

  7. linuxrules04 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    Way to go. I have spent some “unfortunate” years in impoverished areas and I found that many ppl knew how to live similar to this video, growing their own food and producing zero waste simply because they could not afford to buy packaged stuff from a store. Although I live a “normal” life now it has taught me a lot and I expect to use that knowledge in the future. It would be great if we could teach this in schools as a real subject, and not just on the occasional excursion to a farm.

  8. tutor1006 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    Wonderful video. Maybe one I will have a house and when I have it …I will install all these.

  9. Pendor42 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    excellent video and setup! wish i was as fulfilled as you. guess i’ll jus stick to the beer an spliff in the meantime. still plenty of yours left to get it sussed ;)

  10. pukirocks says:
    October 16, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    you’re my hero

  11. MrJayadeva108 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    notice the Fleetwood Mac song being played in elevator musak style..?

  12. s0s0bad says:
    October 16, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    Great changes made to the old house, and some great ideas for the garden.

  13. MrEnergyCzar says:
    October 16, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    great video. It truely shows how happier you are….

  14. HomeWindTurbines7 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    Hello, I like the “Solar House” video that you posted here. Recently I started reducing my carbon footprint by my install of rooftop wind turbines and solar panels at my house. I posted some good video of the systems and install process. Favorite my videos or Subscribe if you like. Thanks

  15. aaronready1 says:
    October 16, 2011 at 11:32 pm

    true. Both sides trying to steer away from sustainable living and healthy food, decentralized food supply and such…or for carbon tax and total control from world government. But this IS the way to live!

  16. aaronready1 says:
    October 17, 2011 at 12:30 am

    Everything she did is awesome….but carbon taxes for supporting world government is the perversion behind duping well meaning women like this with guilt. But i’m all for this way of living! i’m trying it myself

  17. proverb311031 says:
    October 17, 2011 at 12:45 am

    @elainebrook they need a solar water heater that will get their water from 90 to 140 degrees

  18. theorcopark says:
    October 17, 2011 at 12:53 am

    It is interesting that the notion of Global Warming is still considered to be a belief by so many people. However the subject is so complex that it is still really quite easy for the ‘anti GW lobby to muddy the waters and steer the green initiative away from positive change towards a more sustainable future.

  19. ikambor says:
    October 17, 2011 at 1:52 am

    I do not believe in the global warming BS at all anymore,, the jerks like Al Gore and those fake scientists manipulating data for thier own one world government control and tax system scam

    However,, I still think all of this is a good idea,, wars are fought over resources and and they are expensive and they do ruin the environment in other ways so I am in favor of laws requiring us to move into this direction

  20. elainebrook says:
    October 17, 2011 at 2:17 am

    good point – I’m not good about meticulously measuring inputs / outputs every day! But hot water offsets quicker than PV. – depends on use – eg I got the habit of doing laundry when I knew there was solar hot water + passive solar for drying. Plus I get a rebate for having the panels. Going by most peoples energy bills you could say maybe 5 years rather than 10 — compare with 20ish for PV ( I think that is optimistic) – BUT if feed-in PV tariffs start April it will improve a lot. (hooray!)

  21. ThinkStage says:
    October 17, 2011 at 2:59 am

    Very cool

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  22. svilen24 says:
    October 17, 2011 at 3:14 am

    very nice ideas

  23. Ritzap says:
    October 17, 2011 at 4:08 am

    Really nice! :)

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