Desert House Net-Zero Rainwater

Desert House Net-Zero Rainwater build and design by great collaboration between Arizona’s  DesignBuild and founder Paul Weiner, AIA. Both of them trying so hard thinking about how to rely year in a circle on only the 12 inches of monsoon rain where the Sonoran desert typically gets in July. Finally they found a pilot project as masterpiece design which inspired by The Rincon Mountain Residence. The concept of desert house tries to apply by the designer to build net-zero rainwater houses where the concept design the desert house will access groundwater for the first year.  While at the first year, two huge rainwater harvesting cisterns with filtration system forming a gigantic 50,000-gallon reservoir will supply water the year round needs of the house sustainably from the July rains. This Desert House roof system including gutter collection, Gabion walls and berms, and downspout use to control monsoon rains in the summer, the system was set directing it into swales and Rainwater slowly releasing into the ground to give enough percolate time.

Main house net-zero rainwater Separate graywater systems and guest residence to provide extra irrigation to the resident landscaping in piping under the ground that will transport rainwater to the existing and future cisterns. Solar cell roof system angled 32 degrees for the optimum winter sun harvest in the Sonoran desert, the solar cell roof 100% providing house electricity where the needs is around 18 KW. Somewhat oversized evacuated-tube solar water heater system supplies enough sunshine- heated water to supply all of the hot water needs of the house. -via-

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