The
new residence
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3
bedrooms, bathroom and outdoor covered decks upstairs.
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Office,
living, dining, kitchen, laundry, single car garage and workshop on the ground
floor.
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A
cellar down below.
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Provide
deep window sill/seats looking into the garden.
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Preferred
building material is straw bale and straw render panel.
General
considerations and provisions include
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Water
collection and water efficiency.
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Solar
power, solar hot water, passive solar design.
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Possibly
geothermal heating and cooling.
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Worm-farm
waste and sewage system.