This farm used to irrigate with well and municipal water, but artists Marjetica PotrÄ and Marguerite Kahrl have developed a solar
powered rainwater harvesting system to gather the water from the roofs of the greenhouses.
Not exact matches
There's a car battery here that stores the solar
power, an 80 - litre water tank, gas tank for cooking, and piping for the
rainwater harvesting system that collects water in the 1000 - litre tanks outside and waters the exterior living wall, which shades and cools the structure.
A wall - mounted Dickinson woodstove and Envi unit provides heat; a four - panel, 940 - watt solar panel array provides
power; there's the requisite composting toilet; and there's a
rainwater harvesting and storage
system that provides filtered water for bathing and washing.