The Problem Rising global sea levels and its impact on urbanisation as we know it. The idea Develop an amphibious house that could survive all climatic conditions and sustain comfortable human existence even if kilometres from dry land. The Plan Design a self-sustaining house utilising renewable energy sources and several recycling systems. This Off-the-Grid house will withstand the destructive threat of Global Warming, rising sea levels, storm surges and global over-population issues. The GSLR house will use many energy saving and energy exchange systems to sustain life comfortably and independently. In addition, I will develop a self-sustaining ecosystem to maintain independent food production.

Components of The GSLR House Renewable Energy Sources 1x Wind Turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts Kinetic energy from the wind into electrical power. The people who use the GSLR house will need this wind power in conjunction with the solar panel for when daylight hours are limited in the winter or in cloudy periods during the wet. The wind will turn the rotors to power the house’s generator and it with energy enough in conjunction with the sun to power everything in the GSLR house. 1x Solar Panel A solar panel is made up of many small solar cells. Each solar cell uses light to make electricity. When the light hits an electron in the first layer, the electron jumps to the second layer. That electron makes another electron move, which makes another electron move, and so on... So the light started a flow of electrons, or electricity.

The solar panels power certain things in the house including facilities, in fact most things that we currently use fossil fuels for.

1x Geothermal Heating System Provides the bedrooms with an Under Floor Heating network. When the house is in shallower waters, geothermal heat can be conducted through an electrical copper wire system via a heat pump and fan into and out of the house in an energy exchange system. The warmth drawn from the earth’s underground radiant heat turns the cold water stored in the buoyancy tanks into approximately 45 degree water which is then pumped throughout the floors to warm the entire living and sleeping levels. A network of pipes brings cold water into the system and then pumps the water back into the ocean. 2x Propellers & Engine System A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust. A pressure difference is produced between the forward and rear surfaces of the airfoil-shaped blade, and a fluid (such as air or water) is accelerated behind the blade.

The propellers will be utilised if the area that the house is floating in gets so flooded the house just has to move to a new area or for dynamic floatation during a storm surge.

1x Power Generator A power generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. It forces electric current to flow through an external circuit. The people who use the house will use the generator to power the GSLR house from renewable energy sources and store electricity. 1x Satellite Communications Antenna An electrical device which converts electric power into radio waves, or vice versa. They are most commonly used in systems such as radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, two way radio, radar and satellite communications. The people who use the GSLR house need the satellite for communicating with others and to find out news weather warnings and information. The Contained Ecosystem 1x Permaculture Patch Permaculture patches are the development of sustainable, agricultural ecosystems. The people in the GSLR house will use this for growing all foods ie: essential grains, fruits and vegetables that they will need if they want to survive independently and maintain limited livestock. 1x Worm Farm A worm farm is an integral part of the self-sustaining ecosystem onboard the GSLR house. The farm will be used in the recycling of all organic & food scraps. The worm juice bi-product of the process is liquid fertiliser that will go back into the permaculture plot to continually enrich the soil.

1x Self Pollinating Bee Hive This is a bee hive is another essential component of the self-sustaining ecosystem I am developing on the GSLR house. The bees are especially trained to pollenate the flowers of our permaculture patch, to maintain the ecosystem onboard. 1x Livestock Pasture Keeping large live stock, especially a cow is an environmentally costly (high carbon emissions) as well as an economical luxury that the GSLR house cannot afford. But a small patch can maintain a goat for milk and a few hens for eggs. Floatation, Transport & Climatic Protection 4x Buoyancy devices (Similar to an Oil Rig) Large white buoys that are weighted in their bases to draw more water and keep the house more stable. This design is similar to the semi-submersible oil rig platforms. Semi-submersible platforms can be moved from place to place as can this house. They can be ballasted up or down by altering the amount of flooding in the buoyancy tanks. This water storage network is an integral component of the geothermal network of water storage and pipes. The pontoons can be anchored, though they can also be kept in place by the use of dynamic positioning, but this does utilise more of our renewable energy resources. Semi-submersibles can be used in water depths from 60 to 3,000 metres.

3x Louver Windows Are adjustable windows, blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain, direct sunshine, and noise. The people who use the GSLR house will use them for privacy and environmental protection and ventilation. During more intense weather patterns sliding double-glazed panels will cover the louvers to reduce heat-loss from inside the GSLR house. 1x Hovercraft Garage The Garage will provide one vehicle space and a bit extra room to store things. In the garage the vehicle charger will also be there. It is hooked up to the wind turbine and that is what charges the vehicle. Water and Waste Recycling

1x rainwater storage tank Rainwater Storage Tanks are tanks that collect rainwater runoff commonly from rooftops via gutters. They then store it for later use. The people who use the GSLR house will use it for drinking showering or other things that require water.

1x water desalination tank Sea water is drawn in from the ocean through a large pipe. It then goes through a screen to remove things like sand or weeds. It sinks down through filter beds to remove smaller particles. The water is then pushed at high pressure through large, fine sieves. Creating fresh water and leaving behind the salty liquid called the sea water concentrate. 1 x waste storage and processing. The Sun-Mar EXCEL NE Composting Toilet will be used to compost human waste. Then the compost will be used to fertilise plants from the permaculture patch. The Grey water (laundry, showers, sinks etc) and Black water (toilets) will go down into the filtration system to be processed into clean water and then stored to be used again for other purposes.