Orient Land Trust Hydroelectric and Geothermal – TOUR 10 AM
Orient Land Trust Tour at 10 AM
Solar Biogas Waste Water Treatment Noon – 1 PM Sunday
Solar Biomass CoGen is here: Anaerobic Digestion Solar Thermal Solar Photovoltaic Rain Catchment Solar Biogas Wastewater Treatment Sunday noon-1pm Anaerobic Digestion is the bio-chemical process that transforms organic materials into a methane-rich gas called biogas. It is the last remaining piece to the renewable homestead, village, or farm where we already have passive solar …
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Commercial Papercrete and Forever Shower Prototype
A hybrid earthship style home. Earthship style first floor with a papercrete second floor. The house is constructed of mostly reclaimed and repurposed materials, including windows, insulation, framing and roof trusses. Also onsite will be a ‘Forever Shower’ prototype based on a design from Alosha at www.Bioveda.co. The shower is a cycling of water through a contained, managed wetlands with …
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Michael Bertin – Biome design
Michael Bertin of Architectural Harmonics Designing for the Human Biome The Biome Design approach to building and development takes into account all of the natural forces and systems acting on the site, regionally available resources and technologies, along with indigenous wisdom and geometry and then integrates it all into the design criteria so as to …
Nick Chambers – Living Arts Systems
Nick Chambers of Living Arts Systems is presenting Gasification, the value of generating bio gas from waste and waste water, as an alternative energy source to propane and electricity. Nick will present this amazing wood chip gasifier starting at dusk on Saturday night and a tour of his solar biogas wastewater treatment system on Sunday. Nick is …
Schedule of Activities
30th Annual Crestone Energy Fair Friday – August 16 4pm Community Food Gathering & 30th Anniversary Opening Ceremony 6pm Youth Performances 7:30pm Headliner TBA Saturday, August 17 Completed Home Tours Educational Building/Alternative Energy Workshops Demonstrations Exhibits Vendors Healing Area Music Sunday, August 18 Unfinished Home Tours Commercial & Realtor Home Tours Human Energy, Exhibits Vendors Healing …
Keynote Speaker Lee Temple
A retired architect and architecture professor at Cornell and other leading universities, LEE TEMPLE is an award-winning author, visionary, elder, community organizer and global sustainability activist/consultant. He has been living the low-carbon life in the high-desert of southern Colorado since 1993. The Title of his presentation is “Ten Steps to a Healthier, Safer Planet”. Professor Temple’s …
Earthship Under Construction
Goldie and Matt Earthship inspired tire home with super-insulated, R-40 walls, passive solar heating and cooling with cooling tubes . Extended greenhouse and reused/recycled building materials including bottle brick walls, re-used tires for foundation, re-used glass for windows and adobe floors and walls.
Strawbale Hybrid
Passive solar, super insulated strawbale home. 16” cellulose insulation in the roof. Sunspace with a garden bed for heat, and veggies.Main living, local timber frame with infill strawbale walls. Studio/garage has hybrid structural strawbale walls. Most framing, trim, stone flooring is local. Earthbag insulated foundation. And Adobe earth plaster.
Reclaimed Grain Bins
900sqft – Reclaimed Grain Bin Construction Spray Foam insulation with Ruff Cut Lumber Interior Framing Earth Bags and Tires were too labor intensive and time consuming for a single mother with twins. The Bins were economically purchased for $500 and can be reassembled in a couple days. I’ve always wanted a ‘Butler’