The SAVE House
The following images represent many of the Green technologies and environmental strategies featured at the SAVE House, our environmentally friendly demonstration home. 
The SAVE House features an electric radiant floor heating system. Coils under the tile are heated, the heat rises and heats 100% of the air space within the home. Although the system is electric, the energy is collected by 8 photovoltaic cells on the property.
The second floor of the SAVE House is a loft. As heat rises from the floor below, the ceiling was built with angles to redirect the heat into the loft which lacks a heat source. There are only two circular double-paned windows in the loft, which remains plenty warm in the winter months.
The SAVE House
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Double-paned Anderson windows in the SAVE House are filled with argon gas, which acts as an effective insulator. Heat from the inside (or cold from the outside) is not conducted through the windows, saving heat, energy and money.
The composting toilet in the SAVE House may be the most "controversial" feature, until you try it. The waste drops into a storage bin at the bottom of the toilet where it can be tossed with composting mixture using the crank handle shown. The compost breaks down waste through aerobic decomposition and is then directly applied to the SAVE flower gardens. A small fan attached to the toilet eliminates any smell and the system uses no water.
The SAVE House is built into the hillside to insulate the main floor and save heat and energy. The building was built with the windows facing South and the roof angled to funnel cold Northerly air over the building. Landscaping shrubs were also planted to act as a natural wind break. 
The South facing facade of the House is mostly windows to allow maximum sunlight and energy into the building.  
An energy efficient refrigerator is set below the oven. This allows heat that rises from the oven to have zero impact on the temperature of the refrigerator, saving energy it takes to cool the air inside.
The Induction stove-top uses special cookware made specifically for this type of stove top. The stove top does not transmit radiation into the air which saves energy. Only the cookware is heated through magnetism instead of electric.
The wastewater from the kitchen sink drains from the house to a constructed wetland to naturally filter the water before releasing back into the environment.
The constructed wetland. All water discharged from the SAVE House empties here and wetland plants biologically clean and filter contaminants. The wetland discharges into the Ponds at SEEC where the water is cleaned once more before released into the environment.
Gravity-fed water system. Gravity feeds our kitchen and bathroom sinks. There is no energy used to pump water within the SAVE House!
Gravity-fed hot water heater. No energy used to pump water here!! And the electric used to heat our hot water is produced using our solar panels.
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