Alberta Sustainable HomeOffice Jorg Ostrowski ASHAutonomous Sustainable Housing

Alberta Sustainable Home/Office Jorg Ostrowski ASH-Autonomous & Sustainable Housing Inc.

Alberta Sustainable Home/Office l. Autonomous l. Sustainable l. Housing Jorg Ostrowski, M. Arch. A. S. Helen Ostrowski, B. Arch. Tony Argento, Orian Low, Karen Braun, Minoru Ueda 2

ASH Calgary, Alberta, CANADA 3

ASH front yard garden edible flowers 4

back yard vegetable garden, rain water cisterns and recycled plastic deck 5

the whole house is a greenhouse 6

food dryer and vegetable sprouts 7

compost toilet 8

strawbale, rammed earth tool shed/green house 9

food cycle at compost (ASH) grow Plants & Vegetables Alberta Sustainable House general waste eat consume 10

water consumption 11

rain water system 12

rain water harvesting system drinking or garden water 13

drinkable water system drinkable water storage faucet slow sand filter cistern 14

water recycling system 15

water recycling 3 different greywater recycling systems 16

grey water recycling system biological cleaning system (fish and water plants)

open-web floor joists & hydroponics 18

electrical consumption 1994 -1999 19

electrical consumption 2000 -2004 20

solar PV (photovoltaic) system 21

using the local solar energy space heating and hot water supply 22

natural cold climate refrigeration system fridge/freezer on left, cool closet on right natural refrigeration system with temperature sensor 23

inside/outside temperature chart 24

Russian fireplace　(2 firings per day at -40℃)　 space heating and passive solar heat storage oven for cooking hot water supply fireplace damper 25

counter-current grey water heat exchanger 26

solar oven (４００°F) for cooking 27

super window R-17, 5 pane grazing mirrors for natural light indoor vegetable garden 28

natural skylight (Sun Pipes) 29

retrofit door handle for barrier-free use 30

handicap accessible bathroom 31

eco village eco Inventory 32

sustainable community 33

ecovillage Bearspaw 34

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