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01/04/2011 |
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18/06/2012 |
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07/10/2015 |
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23 Oxbow St, Red Deer, AB, CA |
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403-986-7981 |
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www.urbanpermaculture.ca |
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Climate zone:
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Cold Temperate |
(projects i'm involved in)
Back to The Centre for Urban Agriculture in Alberta
Project: The Centre for Urban Agriculture in Alberta
Posted by Rene Michalak almost 12 years ago
The Carbon Farmer is giving away $2551.00 to communities in need of an eco-friendly
face-lift! The "MEGGA-watt?" project was selected for this great competition!
Vote now and vote daily until February 24 - http://bit.ly/Tf4a44
The "MEGGA-watt?" Project (Micro-Energy Generating Garage Assembly) is a
demonstration / prototype to turn everyday detached garages from simple
storage units (aka 'car-holes') into food growing and energy-generating
systems using permaculture design. The basic concept is to partner a
garage with an attached greenhouse and renewable energy to create
sustainable 4-season growing systems with minimal fossil fuel input that
serves both practical and recreational purposes. Owners of a MEGGA can
then customize how they want the system to function and what and how
they want to grow.
This project prototype takes a 24'x26' two-car garage and couples it
with a 23ft off-grid 4-season geodesic dome greenhouse. The greenhouse
will be accessed through the heated garage which will host a 6000L
vermiponic (aquaculture) system to raise tilapia and red claw crayfish,
a rainwater catchment system to fill the fish tanks and water the
greenhouse, a 7'x9'-32-tray aeroponic system for growing microgreens and
wheat grass, an 8'x8' walk-in cooler for cold storage, a solar PV and
solar thermal array on the roof, and in the greenhouse a climate battery
and rocket mass heater (coppiced wood-fired) hot tub! There will even be
enough room in the garage for a small workshop and/or one parking space!
Hosted by ReThink Red Deer (The Sustainable Red Deer Society) at
their 1/5-acre urban homestead, this project will demonstrate
sustainable urban living to the community and the rest of the world as
it leverages the practice of urban homesteading and the success of the
existing edible forest and SPIN-gardens on site.
The overall fundraising goal is $30,000 to purchase the building materials
for the greenhouse, the Solar PV and Solar thermal technology, the
rainwater catchment system and to pay for the installation labour for the
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) of the garage and greenhouse.
Throughout January & February I'll be posting info on all the main components of the MEGGA-watt? system so stay tuned and vote daily until Feb 24!
http://bit.ly/Tf4a44
Cheers,
Rene Michalak
Managing Director
ReThink Red Deer
www.rethinkreddeer.ca
The Carbon Farmer
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