The zeroHouse

The zeroHouse by Specht Harpman, a New York City-based firm, is deliberately placeless. It could be erected in Vermont or in Texas, where its unbuilt design won the 2007 Studio Award from the Texas Society for Architects. A slew of high-efficiency techniques afford the house its full energy independence: solar panels store and produce power, allowing a fully charged zeroHouse to operate continuously for up to one week with no sunlight; a rainwater collection plane gathers and diverts water into an elevated 2200-gallon cistern; gravity-fed plumbing fixtures eliminate the need for power-consuming pumps; a compost unit beneath the house processes organic waste and converts it into clean, dry fertilizer that needs to be removed only twice a year; and a high-efficiency heating and air-conditioning system is separately zoned for sleeping and living areas.

While it's Specht Harpman's smart design that keeps the house running on nothing, all functions of the house are monitored by an array of sensors and regulated by a “house brain” that can be controlled through any laptop computer. Fully customizable for personal usage patterns, zeroHouse can be used as a weekend getaway or for an extended stay.

Formal name of project: zeroHouse

Location: The zeroHouse is being marketed worldwide. It has been designed to work within an operational range of 36 N to 36 S latitude for year-round occupancy, and 47 N to 47 S for partial-year occupancy.

Gross square footage: 650 sq. ft.

Completion Date (Month and Year): Unbuilt

Total construction cost: $350,000

Architect:
Specht Harpman
338 West 39th Street
New York, New York 10018

Black Man in Elevator LMAO!

So Now Barack is Sexist AND Wants SexEd for Five Year Olds????

I don't know about you people out there in cyber space, but I am sick to death with this McCain Palin ticket! All they ever do is run their mouth...

And whats up with this theme of being a maverick? Sarah Palin and John McCain are not mavericks. Palin did that big speech earlier this week saying how as governor of Alaska she put the governor's jet on EBay; lie. She said that she got rid of the governor's chef; lie. She did, however, change the title of the chef who still made meals for her family. She did charge the state of Alaska $50 per night for her to live in her own home. McCain voted along side W. Bush 90% of the time when he was in the senate. That's not very maverick-ish. I promise, if Barack loses this election, I WILL be moving out of the country within the next two years.

Usher to be a Father Again

It has been confirmed that Usher is expecting to be a father again.

Usher is going to be a father for the second time. The R&B star and his wife Tameka Foster are expecting their second child together, a source close to the singer confirms. Recently, Foster was spotted wearing a belly-disguising outfit during Usher’s Sept. 4 NFL kick-off concert in New York. The dress was “very deceiving,” the source says. “You couldn’t tell she was pregnant when she was sitting down.”

Source: People

Congratulations to both of them.