Rain water storage

Utilize for Irrigation or Indoor Greywater Collect stormwater on site for use in irrigation or as greywater inside buildings

When detailed correctly, rainwater harvesting and storage systems can be a home’s main water supply.

June 3, 2007 Long-term droughts in places like Australia have put water-saving solutions at the forefront of designers' minds - and while some manufacturers are

In the U.S. and most of the industrialized world, building occupants take for granted the simple convenience of filling a glass with clean, drinkable water at the kitchen sink. Yet worldwide, nearly a billion people globally have no access to safe drinking water, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

G. H. Residence was conceived less as a house, but more as an extension and outgrowth of the limestone and aquifers of the Central Texas geography. The roof structure is configured so as to create a natural basin for the collection of rainwater, not unlike the vernal pools found in the outcroppings of Enchanted Rock. These basins harness additional natural flows through the use of photovoltaic and solar hot-water panels. The water, electricity and heat which are harvested on the roof tie…

Rammed earth and glass form the walls of this dwelling, which was designed for a hilly property in an eco-friendly residential development near the ocean.

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