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Rainwater Harvesting

Ancient Water-Harvesting Art

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Contemporary Water-Harvesting Art

For a short video of an amazing assortment of musical-instrument downspouts in the Kunsthof-passage of Dresden, Germany, click here.
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Sun- and Shade-Harvesting Cisterns

How rainwater cisterns can be placed to harvest the warmth and light of sun in cool/cold times, while harvesting cooling shade in hot times…
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Stormwater & Street Runoff Harvesting

Daylighting buried waterways—show the flow—image gallery

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Water-harvesting parking lot, garage, and driveway image gallery

Directing pavement runoff to boost pavement-side life, while increasing available rainfall multifold…
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Water harvesting from dirt roads image gallery

Transforming life- and resource-eroding dirt roads to generators of life and resources…
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Greywater Harvesting

Greywater harvesting image gallery

Examples harnessing the potential of free, on-site greywater…
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Lancaster residence image gallery

How we’re harvesting, cycling, and playing with multiple, free, on-site waters and what they grow…
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Sun and Shade Harvesting

Garottage Passive-Solar Design and Art

These images illustrate how I aligned the design of the roof overhang of my garottage (garage-turned-cottage), its retractable awning, window placement and sizing, east-facing porch, and sculpture with the seasonally changing path of the sun. As a result, the structure is mostly heated for free in winter by the sun, and cooled for free in summer with shade.
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Beautiful Exterior Retractable Summer Shade in Venice, Italy

Beautiful examples of simple awnings, exterior shutters, exterior blinds, and operable windows that maximize free, passive cooling with shade and breezes as needed.
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Shaded, Passively Cooled Markets in Turkey and Syria

I love the fresh air of these naturally/freely ventilated, shaded, and cooled markets. They are so full of life without any annoying hums, vibrations, or exhaust from air conditioners.
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