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Property Spotlight – Straw Bale House on the Prairie

This home is located in the Flint Hills of Southeast Kansas.

Sustainable strategies: Salvaged lumber and limestone from an old barn used for structure, trim, floors and stone walls. Native Indian grass from the land was baled for the wall insulation. A 2-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) solar system and a 1-kilowatt wind generator provide electricity. Fifteen solar thermal panels provide hot water; gray water from showers and sinks waters plants in the attached greenhouse; composting toilet.
 
 
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