|
|
Van Kirk says her home is a very livable space and very eco-friendly. In building her home, she incorporated as many sustainable and fair trade products as possible. Her home has radiant and vented roofing, skylights for daylight usage, multiple ceiling fans and is positioned for trade wind utilization. The home also uses photovoltaic solar power and solar hot water..
|
Not only do bamboo forests grow back rapidly after they’re cut, they also work quickly to restore nutrient-depleted soil and degraded watersheds, and they sequester up to 30 percent more atmospheric carbon than comparably sized hardwood forests, Johnson says. Of the 1,400 species of bamboo, about 20 are considered elite timber species. All of them surpass common woods such as Douglas fir in strength, Johnson says, “sometimes by a magnitude of five or more.”
|
The bamboo home only requires the footprint of the structure rather than four acres of land for a regular home.
|
Bamboo harvest replacement is achieved in seven years instead of the 40 it takes to replace forests to build a 1,500-square-foot home. The bamboo homes are pre-fabricated in Vietnam and have many structure options.
|
|
