Autonomous Typology By Chelseay Frith Autonomous Building Operated

Autonomous Typology By: Chelseay Frith

Autonomous Building Operated services independently from infrastructural support Electric power grid, gas grid, municipal water systems, and sewage treatment systems Reduces Environmental impacts Increase Security by using on-site resources Energy Efficient in Operation Sustainability Producing no more greenhouse gases than they consume

Disadvantages Complete independence is hard to attain Sacrifices It Lifestyle choices, personal behavior, and social expectations can be a full time job keeping it up Custom Built depending on climate

Systems WATER SEWAGE Rain water collection for non drinkable water Composting toilets uses bacteria to decompose sewage to compost Well system for drinkable water Gravity tanks and pumps Incinerating toilets turns sewage into ash Solar Stills produce drinking water NASA’s Bioreactor turns sewage into air and water Septic Tank

Systems ELECTRICITY HEATING Solar panels Geothermal Heating Wind Turbines Passive Solar Heating Water Mills Geo Solar Systems Earth Batteries ( Telluric Current) Earth Sheltering Wood Burning Stove

Systems COOLING FOOD PRODUCTION Shading systems Gardening Geothermal Cooling Evaporative Cooling Urban Gardening (indoors and outdoors) Using a Heat Pump Greenhouses Farms

The Cropthorne Autonomous House is carbon Negative Obtains its services entirely from the land No space heating Super-Insulated, Triple-glazed and Thermally massive Built in England

Brighton Earthship House Use of low impact materials in construction - using local, recycled, waste, natural and renewable materials Passive Solar Design – windows to capture the heat. Renewable Energy - zero fossil fuel consumption Rain Water Collection Using plants to treat waste watertreatment using plants and natural processes. Built in england

Work Cited https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Autonomous_building http: //www. cropthornehouse. co. uk/design/ http: //www. lowcarbon. co. uk/earthship-brighton/plants-treat-waste