Zero House Bill
Design Narrative Eco-Zero Bill Houses The Eco-Zero Bill Houses (EZB House) aims to design affordable family housing for farmworkers with high energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon reduction strategies. The design used selective technology and materials to reach a high level of eco-friendly housing. Several carbon reduction strategies were used, such as material recycling and ecosystem irrigation. The zero landscape concept was implemented to reduce energy use, water consumption, and maintenance. Our houses are designed with responsibly sourced timber frames or cross-laminated timber (CLT) to offset carbon emissions. Using such sustainable architectural material is a highly versatile structural timber panel used to form sustainable walls, roofs, and floors in a wide range of structures, as we use it here. Central farmland was designed to provide agricultural products to the residents. Moreover, 13 Storage systems were distributed around the site to save space for the electroni...