[Greenbuilding] Dual purpose tankless and flushing alternatives

[Stephen Collette]

Hello,

For the dual purpose tankless water heater, I've had clients use the  
New York Thermal brand heaters for their off grid straw bale home.  
Using it for domestic and radiant. He's pretty keen on watching how  
his stuff works, and he hasn't had any problems with the temperature  
change and cycling. He loves it in fact. He also has a solar  
preheater, just to make it run that much better. It's propane powered  
and can  be gas or electric depending on the models. Don't be fooled  
by the name though, they are made in New Brunswick, Canada (no I  
don't know why the name is what it is)

Now as for flushing alternatives:
The first link is a greywater set up right under the bathroom sink,  
to use for the toilet.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/10/watersaver_tech.php
Handmade toilets from the World Toilet Organization (yup that's what  
I said)
http://www.worldtoilet.org/design/design_Hand_made_simple_toilet.htm
The last one is a Canadian design that you can modify any regular  
water hog toilet. It's cheap, and would work, and only take a bit of  
getting used to I suspect. I kind of like it as a retrofit option.
http://www.athenacfc.com/index.html

That should keep all of you who are supposed to be working on this  
last day before holidays, distracted.

Merry Christmas everyone and happy holidays.

Stephen

Stephen Collette B.B.E.C
Principal

Your Healthy House
Indoor Environmental Inspections & Building Consulting
www.yourhealthyhouse.ca
stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca
705.652.5159