Publications
Technical articles on design decisions, methodology, and lessons from our projects.
March 28, 2026
Heating a mountain eco-community without burning wood
How site logistics killed our best idea, and a horizontal ground loop brought it back
#heating#geothermal#energy
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March 7, 2026
Designing a winter-optimized PV system for a Carpathian eco-community
Why the standard approach to solar fails in the mountains, and what the physics of diffuse light and snow albedo suggests instead
#photovoltaic#energy#autonomous
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February 28, 2026
Designing autonomous water supply for a Carpathian eco-community
How an inventory of five water sources, two research dead ends, and a rainfall calculation changed our approach to water autonomy
#water-supply#rainwater#autonomous
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February 16, 2026
Designing autonomous sanitation for a remote eco-community
How a sanitation debate for one building turned into three design iterations and a community-scale infrastructure plan
#sanitation#biogas#autonomous
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