Solar Village 2010

=Steps For Building a Solar Structure=

Review of concept to date:


 * CEB walls
 * Straw bale infill between 2 wall cavities
 * House-integrated CEB stove
 * Thermaclear or Solexx glazing
 * Structure similar to [[Image:Nicesolar.jpg|100px]] but solar cover extends from green roof
 * Greenspace
 * Green roof
 * Trellis for solar shade in summer
 * Trellis is covered partly with roofing material with solar angle to allow for solar gain only in winter
 * Rest of trellis will be growing grapes
 * Composting toilet
 * CEB floor
 * Side space covered for rooftop rainwater catchment and CEB water cistern
 * Planter in front and sides - zone 0 plantings in planter
 * Keyhole garden

=Steps=
 * 1) Site prep - flatten site with front loader and blade
 * 2) Build blade
 * 3) Build LifeTrac II
 * 4) Build sawmill
 * 5) Building material prep
 * 6) Rollers
 * 7) Sawmilling in July
 * 8) Truss preparation
 * 9) Test stabilized bricks
 * 10) Test reject lime-cement bricks
 * 11) Air-powered water pump

Summary: May will be heavy equipment building time, and June-July will be shakedown of all the building equipment, techniques, water system and site prep, and production of materials (lumber, brick, mortar). August 1 - house is going up.

'''Uniqueness summary: LifeTrac II, Sawmill, Air powered water pump, CEB stove, CEB floor, OS blade, PowerCube II, CEB-Straw Bale hybrid '''

=Timeline=


 * August 1-30 - Complete and deploy LifeTrac II
 * August 1-30 - Build The Liberator, Power Cube II, Soil Pulverizer II