Thread by @thebetterindia

#SustainableHomes #Thread
1/ Rajesh & Vallari Shah’s home in #Bengaluru is powered by the sun, covers 9 months of water requirements through rainwater harvesting, grows 90% of its food organically and is also car-free!

Here are a few steps the couple follow: 👇

2/ Installing an 18-solar panel system with the capacity of 3KW. Apart from the microwave and the water pump; the lights, fans, fridge, computers, washing machine run on solar.

For most of the year, barring rainy days, the family lives off the electric grid.

3/ Vallari not only nurtures a terrace garden but has also converted an open-space in front of their home into a community organic backyard.

“The space in front of our house was lying vacant. Rather than having garbage thrown there, I thought why not convert it into a garden?"

4/ The Shahs save or reuse every single drop of water in their house. The first step towards this was rainwater harvesting.

Rainwater from the roof is sent via pipes, filtered through a sand bed filter & collected in 3 underground storage tanks with a capacity of 30,000 litres.

5/ This water is enough for nine months of the year, the next 3 months they use the public water supply.

The family reuses water from the kitchen sink too. Water used for washing fruits and vegetables goes to the water the garden downstairs.

6/ Since the family is chemical-free, the water from their showers is sent up to the terrace garden.

Pretty cool, right? Read more here: thebetterindia.com/172513/urban-s…

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