Earthships Community Planned for Brighton, England

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 22nd 2006 at 3:03PM

We seen plenty of new developments but this may be the first one that promises no utility bills. The first European Earthships development is being planned for Brighton, England. What's an Earthship? It's a home that is made made using recycled materials including tires. The homes heat and cool themselves, provide their own wind and solar power and have a cistern to harvest rainwater for house use. The homes are expected to cost £250,000 and £350,000 ($436,000 to $610,000 approximately). and some will be allocated as affordable housing. The development is called The Lizard and the developer says there is already a lot of interest. There is already an Earthship community in Taos, New Mexico where the earth-friendly houses are for rent and for sale.

[via Newbuilder]

Tags: development, earthships, ecology, green design, sustainable housing

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Wino Feb 23rd 2006 11:34AM

I'd be very interested in this especialy since the houses provide their own wine!!!! Oh no, wait a minute, my buzz is wearing off and I think that should read 'they provide their own WIND and solar ...'

Never mind