Candy’s earthship at Narara Ecovillage (the first approved on the Central Coast) was designed by Australian earthship guru, Martin Freney of www.earthshipecohomes.com.au
It’s a two-bedroom design for a small suburban block of land only 15m in the north south direction, and addresses principles of human needs:
- Thermo-solar heating and cooling
- Solar electricity
- Composting toilet
- Building with natural and recycled materials
- Water harvesting and long term storage
- Thermal mass and natural cross-ventilation to regulate indoor temperature
- Internal food production capability
- The design is intentionally uncomplicated and single-story, so that people with little building knowledge can construct them.