Stephan: Here, also in India, are two more examples of what I mean by the change in technologies that climate change is going to demand. The first story again makes the point that policies that foster wellbeing are always the best solution. Homelessness in American cities has reached such a level that people avoid going into some cities, or sections of a city. Preposterous amounts of money are spent to essentially avoid dealing with the issue. Fostering wellbeing is also always the cheapest option.
The second report is about a house designed and built with new technologies that recognize the matrix of life. It describes a house in which I would be very comfortable living.
To really get this story, you have to click through and look at the pictures.
Two houses at opposite ends of the financial spectrum employing new technologies, guided by a new consciousness Credit: INHABITAT
Carbon-negative, self-financing and scalable are just a few words to describe BillionBricks and Architecture Brio’s PowerHYDE. PowerHyde solar homes are models aiming to help solve both the global housing and climate crises.
The PowerHYDE housing model was created by Prasoon Kumar and Robert Verrijt of Billion Bricks from India and Singapore. The housing model won a Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction
PowerHYDE house explores sustainable means and solutions to empowering and facilitating growth opportunities to people without homes around Southeast Asia. These homes are now being used to create entire sustainable communities that help to lift homeowners out of poverty.
The project presents an opportunity to shape the future of how houses are built. It helps both people to become homeowners and building projects to […]
