Manifesto

1. Energy Independence.

1. Not using any fossil fuels.
2. Producing enough electricity and heat locally (per house, complex or a village):
1. Wind turbine in winter. Optimal size is guided by the area where it’s used.
2. Small solar array for summer. Solar collectors where there are many sunny days per year.
3. EV charging with bigger solar arrays.
4. Heat pumps for improved efficiency.
3. Storing summer heat for winter time using salt or sand - does is still make sense?
4. In winter, storing heat in water in a well insulated tank helps to balance the system.

2. Communication independence.

1. Stop building/maintaining power, water, heat, gas etc. lines.
2. Disconnect from all those and start producing the resources locally.
3. Rethink internet lines, use Starlink and/or LTE amplifiers instead.

3. Water and waste independence.

1. Not using any river or well based water.
2. Produce water locally from rain, snow, fog or air.
3. Recycle as much water as possible.
4. Compost toilets:
1. Allow septic systems to work with much cleaner matter, thus they are simplified.
2. Produce compost.
3. Produce urine for agriculture.
4. Reduce water consumption.
5. Separate waste collection:
1. Produces compost.
2. Waste recycling and upcycling.

4. Food supply independence.

1. Local food growth. Vertical farms without soil. Roof gardens. Rooms with special lighting inside houses. Robotic farms. Using compost from pt. 3.4.2 and 3.5.1.
2. Plant based food, including meat and dairy replacements.
3. Reducing imported and outsourced food to a minimum.

5. Transportation.

1. All vehicles have to shift to EV. To accelerate this, we need a govt. program when a person brings an old car for recycling - gets money, OR brings some relatively modern ICE car and gets a similar EV, OR an ICE car gets converted into EV.
2. As this process is reduced by scarcity of materials for batteries, we can start with trolleybus-like infrastructure for highways and also to build more and more charging stations, so smaller batteries are needed.

6. Building material independence and innovations.

   And buildings overall.
1. For buildings up to 5 stories, consider using only local wood and natural insulation.
2. For any building, consider using a frame from recycled metal. Or from metal coming from CO2-capturing furnaces. Then build walls from blocks made of natural insulation like hemp. What is best for the ceiling is TBD.
3. Consider not using concrete at all. Even if you produce cement in a CO2-capturing furnace, still concrete is not a recyclable material and requires sophisticated building technology.
4. Try to use hemp panels for flooring, furniture and instead of wood panels where there is no need for high strength.
5. Pillars as the primary approach for any foundation.
6. For any building, start with an LCA that will help to choose the most efficient materials and to achieve a net-zero level of energy consumption and CO2 emission.
7. Buildings can be autonomous individually or collectively. Always find the most efficient model.
8. Future residents (e.g. of a house) might be the most efficient and motivated builders, having a proper technology, as simple as IKEA (some panels or blocks), and some supervision. Probably, using cranes might not be needed.
9. For a residential complex building, consider a modular structure with:
1. Apartment blocks of multiple fixed sizes.
2. Public spaces like SPA areas, kitchens, coworkings, studios (music, art etc.), movie theaters, game rooms, children areas, food growing areas, Yoga areas etc.
3. Before building, future residents decide on a structure, also on a facade and an integration with the environment.

7. Climate change reversion.

1. Reforestation should work way better than CO2 capturing.
2. Use wood wisely. Seek alternatives before cutting ANY tree.

8. Urbanization innovations.

1. Car free city, except for some highways and motorways.
2. Consider a concentric model, like Burning Man’s Black Rock City.