we all try to follow the 3 r’s of
sustainable living reduce reuse and
recycle but how many of us follow these
rules when building our homes hi I’m
Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a tour of one of the most ecologically
friendly homes in North America people
often ask me what’s an eco kitchen here
we have a kitchen that’s got a lot of
classic materials that won’t go out of
style within 10 years like solid cherry
doors solid wood countertops durable
stainless countertops we’ve got the
triple chamber trash bin for
compostables recycling and garbage we’ve
got a lot of reclaimed materials once
again like the countertops and quite a
few of those glass doors so this here is
a light weld it brings light from the
roof a couple stories up manages to
light this whole bathroom the bath is
obviously reclaimed but at our feet
we’ve got slate tiles there are actually
old black boards from demolish school
actually under that drain is a coil that
recovers the heat from the hot water
going down the drain and transfers it to
the cold water coming in the shower
while you’re taking a shower so it
allows you to take a shower without
using very much fresh hot water the heat
loops itself as you’re taking a shower
in the corner here we have a dual flush
toilet that allows you to give it a half
flush it’s actually water that used to
be in that bathtub a few days ago so
it’s just all these little water saving
and energy saving techniques that can go
a long way all the water in the house
that is used they don’t go into the city
sewer they come down here into this tank
from there to there they get filtered
there’s another filtration there and
then we get their underground storage
reservoir here so then upstairs if you
flush the toilet instead of the water
coming from this
it comes from here I think in the first
year saved eighty thousand liters of
water
sustainable living reduce reuse and
recycle but how many of us follow these
rules when building our homes hi I’m
Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a tour of one of the most ecologically
friendly homes in North America people
often ask me what’s an eco kitchen here
we have a kitchen that’s got a lot of
classic materials that won’t go out of
style within 10 years like solid cherry
doors solid wood countertops durable
stainless countertops we’ve got the
triple chamber trash bin for
compostables recycling and garbage we’ve
got a lot of reclaimed materials once
again like the countertops and quite a
few of those glass doors so this here is
a light weld it brings light from the
roof a couple stories up manages to
light this whole bathroom the bath is
obviously reclaimed but at our feet
we’ve got slate tiles there are actually
old black boards from demolish school
actually under that drain is a coil that
recovers the heat from the hot water
going down the drain and transfers it to
the cold water coming in the shower
while you’re taking a shower so it
allows you to take a shower without
using very much fresh hot water the heat
loops itself as you’re taking a shower
in the corner here we have a dual flush
toilet that allows you to give it a half
flush it’s actually water that used to
be in that bathtub a few days ago so
it’s just all these little water saving
and energy saving techniques that can go
a long way all the water in the house
that is used they don’t go into the city
sewer they come down here into this tank
from there to there they get filtered
there’s another filtration there and
then we get their underground storage
reservoir here so then upstairs if you
flush the toilet instead of the water
coming from this
it comes from here I think in the first
year saved eighty thousand liters of
water
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