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Business Plan
Problem: costly buildings with a negative impact on the environment.
- Major expenses when owning a home
• Shelter($840/month)
• Utilities($300)
• Furnishings($125)
- Negative impacts
• On average about 22 trees needed to build a single family home.
• About 25% of carbon emissions in the United states come from electricity and
heat production.
• Industry accounts for 21%
Goals
-Design near to entirely self sufficient homes and businesses
-Reduce annual expenses
-Reduce environmental footprint
Solutions
- Reduce cost of raw materials
• Constructing homes using recycled materials(below show rooms constructed
from recycled concrete tubes, shipping containers, and glass bottles.

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- Increase energy efficiency
• Design buildings to maximize natural lighting; minimizing electrical costs.
• Minimize energy waste
proper insulation
energy efficient windows
• encourage the incorporation of alternative energy sources
Solar
Wind
Installing a relatively discrete wind
turbine can produce around 2,000
kilowatt hours per year. This could
reduce the average American’s
electrical bill by 20% each year.
Micro-Hydropower
Buildings can utilize nearby water
sources to convert kinetic energy to
usable electricity.

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- Multi purposing
• water recycling appliances
• Rainwater collection
Without incorporating costly filtration
systems. Rainwater can be collected and
used for sinks, showers and toilets.
• Repurposing waste for agriculture

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