[LINK] energy efficient accomodation

[Roger Clarke]

At 4:57 +0000 28/6/11, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>Have a look .. these units do make a lot of sense ..

Students at various Australian universities, including the ANU, are 
experiencing them as we speak.

There are additional costs, e.g. for the skyhook to drop them on top 
of one another, the drainage, the hallway along the outside, and the 
landscaping to help people forget that they're living in a container.

Oops, sorry, I said people.  They're just students.

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At 4:57 +0000 28/6/11, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>Rachel writes,
>
>>  a bloke was doing a good trade in delivering old shipping
>>  containers .. as "alternative" accomodation... rachel
>
>Yes, containers can make excellent accomodation. For one example, at
>around $500 Au for each completely self-contained apartment, one can
>own your own *stylish apartment block* anywhere in the Philippines :)
>
><http://www.alibaba.com/product-
>free/101373453/Container_Houses_Offices/showimage.html>
>
>"We design, fabricate & build prefab container homes, offices etc, solar
>energy powered, or grid powered.  These are very transporable and very
>cost effective. Typhoon-proof, earthquake-proof, termite-proof, very
>durable!"
>
>Have a look .. these units do make a lot of sense ..
>
>Cheers,
>Stephen
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