New Self-Built House Design : November,08,'07

----- This is my new simpler above ground rammed earth house design. You would make the rammed earth bricks out of subsoil and water and put the mud into a press which you use leverage to compact the sand/loam/clay mixture (test different mixtures for the best composition)
-----The solar panels can be the new nanotech printed kind now that it's available and it's bound to lower in price. The company name is "Nanosolar" go to www.nanosolar.com to be able to buy it through their integrator people in your area and is $00.30/watt instead of the $3/watt of conventional solar panels, or the $1/watt of coal power(from pg. 102 of "popular science December 2007")
-----The solar heating window is south facing and warms up the house during the day and is a highly insulating window. And you may cover the window in the summers.
-----The foundation may not be needed if the house doesn't settle much in the short term and the structure isn't heavy enough to crush you(only being a metal roof/thin solar cells, and the metal poles keep the walls from collapsing inward) . But for flooring you still need either stone or hardwood floors with a moisture barrier in between it and the ground to stop expansion/ contraction(stone slabs don't need a moisture barrier but you still don't want mold and mildew growing, so use liquid vinyl paint and plywood then a flooring style on top. If you don't just put in a cement foundation in the first place!
-----For the metal roof research "roof" on Wikipedia under "metal roof" for the best kind to buy. And for the underside of the metal roof you may use "spray foam" as insulation unless it is actually toxic which they may not be telling us. In which case use something lightweight with high insulating ability that you can stick to or stretch across the whole roof(i.e.wool blankets or packing material sheets bolted on).
-----Lighting: To light the house you may use the "EverLED tube" from "everled.com"or at "ledsupply.com" for $150 that looks just like a florescent tube but it lasts 5 times longer and uses 25% less energy and is nontoxic.
-----Power storage: Just get deep cycle lead acid batteries, or if it's practical at all you may use the new nanotech lithium-ion batteries from "a123systems.com" and get the developers pack for 130$ to store the power for the house at night. Or if you're really good you may even make your own electric vehicle with this. But since there is no place to charge up along the way, it's pointless to make an electric vehicle.
-----Trash: Have a 2 plastic bins that are in a slide out drawer under the counter. In one of the bins you put biodegradable material and add sawdust and water as needed. And in the other bin you put nonbiodegradable trash or recyclables.