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Sustainable Design for Saguaro National Park Village

Designing elements and location for village garden guest houses, convenient road, solar car recharging lot, and transportation. Home design includes dome structures, natural plants, south-facing windows, cooling canopy, and energy-efficient features. Conservation efforts include organic and inorganic recycling, water collection, and wildlife preservation. Food and water sustainability through cisterns, rainwater collection, greenhouse, and protein sources. Utilities include solar panels, battery recharge, and energy-efficient appliances.

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Sustainable Design for Saguaro National Park Village

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  1. Sustainable Design for Saguaro National Park Village Project by:

  2. Design Elements

  3. Location and Design for Village Garden Guest Houses Guest Houses Conveint Road Conveint Road Solar Car Recharging Lot

  4. Transportation • Chevy Equinox • Electric XebraXero car

  5. Home Design • Dome • Natural Plants • South facing windows • Canopy for cooling • Earth tubes • Thick Walls • Rastra blocks • Solar Panels on top

  6. Home Design (cont.) • Solatube

  7. Home Design (cont.)

  8. CoolingandHeating • Earth tubes • Thick Walls • Extra insulation • Rastra blocks • Solar Panels on top

  9. Dome Design

  10. Earth Tubes

  11. Energy Sources • AVG 29.2 kWh/day per home • These homes ~ 25 kWh/day per home • 1 sq. meter solar panel = 5 kw of energy per hour • Amount of needed solar panels – 5, 1 sq. meter panels According to the 2006 Department of Energy Report

  12. Conservation • Organic Matter • Inorganic Matter • Recycling • Weekly pick up

  13. Food and Water • Cisterns are placed in low-lying areas • Rain water collection

  14. Wildlife Concerns • Displacement • cacti, ocotillo, and creosote in the lower elevations • Animals • Burrowing • Insects • Natural Selection • Blackout blinds

  15. Food and Water (cont.) • Garden • Greenhouse • Because new species of plants are being introduced to desert conditions, greenhouse will be used to control temp. and moisture • Protein • Beans

  16. Utilities • Sun Table • Recharges batteries • Solar Lampion • Samsung RM257AC • Xiamen Hi-Light Lighting Co. Ltd.   Hi-Light  

  17. Utilities (cont.) • GE electric cooktop • Pan sensor

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