Miesiąc: wrzesień 2011

Pin it In the underground tank by the corner of the building we store up to … Underground tankRead more

The hemispherical greenhouse – its shape allows for a more efficient use of energy and reduces … The greenhouseRead more

The wastewater from the house goes into three septic tanks. After it is treated mechanically, it is drawn out of the septic tanks with a transportation mechanism into a biozone. This contains slowly rotating biodisks, on which a biomass of micro-organisms live. It is there that the actual treatment process takes place. The treated wastewater (the second class of purity) is released from the treatment tank through a tilted overflow. Purified and oxygenated, it flows into a small pond in which fish live and various waterplants grow.

The ECOCENTRE’s most recent building in which various meetings take place. It is an energy-saving building whose walls are made of clay and straw. A high-efficiency biomass stove is used to heat it. Energy is generated by pv modules, and water is heated by solar thermal collectors.

It was built in 1901 and is made of wood and stone.

The ecological technologies that are used in this house include: solar-thermal collectors – these use solar energy to heat water and provide hot water from spring to autumn (around 6 months). One flat collector (one metre by two metres) heats 80 to 100 litres of water – the amount that can be accumulated in an average boiler.