Family wraps home in greenhouse to warm up Stockholm weather

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  • čas přidán 10. 11. 2015
  • The average temperature in Stockholm in January is -3°C (27°F). For Marie Granmar and Charles Sacilotto it can be much warmer thanks to the greenhouse that blankets their home.
    “For example at the end of January it can be -2°C outside and it can be 15 to 20°C upstairs,” explains Sacilotto. He was inspired to build a house-in-a-greenhouse through his relationship with architect Bengt Warne who began designing the first Naturhus (Nature House) in 1974*.
    Originally Sacilotto looked for an empty lot to build an entirely new Naturhus, but he eventually settled on an old summer house on the Stockholm archipelago. Using Warne’s design, he covered the small summer house, plus an addition, in 4 millimeter glass. The footprint of the greenhouse is nearly double that of the home, leaving plenty of room for a wrap-around garden, and since inside the bubble it’s a Mediterranean climate, the couple now grow produce atypical for Sweden (e.g. figs, tomatoes, cucumbers).
    The favorite spot is the glass-covered roof deck. Since there’s no longer need for a roof, the couple removed it and now have a large space for sunbathing, reading or playing with their son on swings and bikes.
    The greenhouse isn’t the only novel point to the Granmar-Sacilotto home. They are also completely independent from city sewage. Built by Sacilotto- an engineer by training-, the sewage system begins with a urine-separating toilet and uses centrifuges, cisterns, grow beds and garden ponds to filter the water and compost the remains.
    * In the video, Granmar mentions architect Bengt Warne's influence in the 1990s since this is the date he reached a larger audience with his book release.
    Granmar's book Naturhus (in Swedish) www.nok.se/titlar/allmanlitte...
    On *faircompanies: faircompanies.com/videos/view/...
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  • @dumyjobby
    @dumyjobby Před 8 lety +1579

    whao i can't imagine how cool is to stay on the terrace when is raining.

    • @bojorquezmurillo
      @bojorquezmurillo Před 8 lety +13

      +Dumy Jobby y granizando, and hailing.

    •  Před 8 lety +58

      +Dumy Jobby Inside any greenhouse in the rain is very loud.

    • @dumyjobby
      @dumyjobby Před 8 lety +71

      DrHillbillyShow for someone that could be a problem, i have a few friends that find stressful the noise that rain makes, meanwhile ijust love it, It relax me so much

    • @Lawlietftw30
      @Lawlietftw30 Před 8 lety +8

      +Dumy Jobby I love that idea. I've always loved the rain.

    • @michaelmccarty6582
      @michaelmccarty6582 Před 8 lety +32

      +Dumy Jobby lol literally no one finds the sound of rain stressful.

  • @Kuma40
    @Kuma40 Před 4 lety +64

    I love this housing idea for a lot of reasons.
    1. Keeping warm during cold winter in high latitude is really necessary.
    2. If people are concerned with molding on wooden house, then simply open glassed windows during the summer.
    3. Enhanced more safety from burglars (I love the idea of having double locking doors to keep inside home secure).
    4. Terrace can be useful 24-7 without rain or snow disturbance!
    5. Planting inside the property without disturbance from intruding animals is beneficial.

    • @Kuma40
      @Kuma40 Před 4 lety +2

      If glasses are breaking from sudden earthquake or any environmental hazards, then substitute those glassed windows with plastics. There are obvious pros and cons, but I applaud this whole green house home idea.

    • @kaeckman902
      @kaeckman902 Před rokem

      To 1. Only if sun is shining

    • @Nikoo033
      @Nikoo033 Před rokem +1

      Also it must be extremely noisy when it rains.

    • @latenite97
      @latenite97 Před rokem +4

      @@Nikoo033 I think it will be less noisy inside the house becose the water is no falling directly on the house.

  • @AintNoFool
    @AintNoFool Před 2 lety +20

    Being able to sit "outside" when windy, rainy, cold ... what a great idea! Vents necessary, but my, I'd love that.

  • @minimumwrist3546
    @minimumwrist3546 Před 6 lety +74

    love how she's sneaking in cleaning the house as they film.

  • @TheBushdoctor68
    @TheBushdoctor68 Před 7 lety +1455

    "I'm going to wash the windows honey. See you around autumn!"

    • @lolazal1
      @lolazal1 Před 5 lety +10

      Lol

    • @2awesome292
      @2awesome292 Před 5 lety +20

      Have a nice trip, see you next fall

    • @mmggaa123
      @mmggaa123 Před 5 lety +6

      Oh darn... perfection thawerted again. 😎

    • @pamgalloway7272
      @pamgalloway7272 Před 5 lety +2

      TheBushdoctor68
      Good one. So funny.
      Pammie from Chicago

    • @Jacob_Crowthorne
      @Jacob_Crowthorne Před 5 lety +18

      Exactly what I was thinking! 😁😁 Plus am I missing something or is playing basketball in a greenhouse not the best idea? Even the top glass made 4mm thick really doesn't sound very strong!

  • @jasondeutschbein8102
    @jasondeutschbein8102 Před 7 lety +319

    I would love to watch the rain under the glass.

    • @alexforman7967
      @alexforman7967 Před 7 lety +16

      Jason Deutschbein Ik it would be sooo cool

    • @pinkiesue849
      @pinkiesue849 Před 6 lety +3

      Top environment comment on CZcams EVER!

    • @count7340
      @count7340 Před 5 lety +1

      The rain wouldn't get under the glass.

    • @silentndeadly
      @silentndeadly Před 5 lety +6

      @@count7340 Grammar nazis, go away please.

    • @count7340
      @count7340 Před 5 lety +3

      @@silentndeadly :)

  • @daniellafferety4025
    @daniellafferety4025 Před 5 lety +83

    I love the idea of stepping out of my house. Not being rained on , and sitting in my garden without buges, snow, sleet in Illinois in December this would be a unique experience for Christmas.

    • @judithreyes4664
      @judithreyes4664 Před 3 lety +8

      I Live in IL too and Imagine being able to watch the snow falling... or just looking up at the stars at night...

    • @Blue_Azure101
      @Blue_Azure101 Před 5 měsíci

      Or pooped on by birds

  • @rapidfirerob4
    @rapidfirerob4 Před 3 lety +42

    This is just incredible. I thought the husband was an engineer, from the way he talked. He really knows what he's doing. What a great way to live!

    • @benghazi4216
      @benghazi4216 Před 2 lety +1

      I really wonder what he studied, because based on the video it seems like he forgot that radon exists.
      Yay lung cancer! Am I right?

    • @trafficjon400
      @trafficjon400 Před 2 lety

      @@benghazi4216 Plus a daily dose of Stress from worrying about Weather area. Wind over 70 can happen yearly anywhere . Stress cause cancer also. Putting up a load of Garlic grouth would help may be.

    • @benghazi4216
      @benghazi4216 Před 2 lety +3

      @@trafficjon400 I think radioactive decay is worse for you cancer-wise than stress. It's like a different ball game all together.
      But I agree, stress is terrible for you.
      But which unit are you thinking of? Here in Sweden we count it in m/s, so 70 never happens, if you don't build it on a mountain and wait for record winds

  • @michaelkelly8061
    @michaelkelly8061 Před 7 lety +269

    About 40 years or so ago, Mother Earth News published a story about a family in England who put a dome shaped greenhouse over their trailer home. It worked well enough that even during an English winter with snow on the ground around the dome, they were comfortable enough inside to be wearing shorts and tee shirts inside the dome. This is an outstanding expansion of the basic idea. Thanks for sharing this.

    • @pinkiesue849
      @pinkiesue849 Před 6 lety +4

      Sounds good to me!

    • @egzoski7115
      @egzoski7115 Před 6 lety +1

      Fantastic idea!

    • @egzoski7115
      @egzoski7115 Před 6 lety +4

      England isn't cold!

    • @warrenyazzie9975
      @warrenyazzie9975 Před 5 lety +1

      The wife said in the video that during the winter there is only about a 10C difference between the outdoor and indoor temperature so they still need heating.

    • @Benjamin-we2yf
      @Benjamin-we2yf Před 5 lety +8

      @@warrenyazzie9975 Is she saying that difference is achieved passively with body heat and British winter sunlight? The added insulating factor of the greenhouse will make heating the home far more efficient, plus the greenhouse will be passively heated by their home, much like a conservatory but better. horticulturists understand the cost in energy of heating a greenhouse separately. I'm surprised this isn't more common among smallholders/homesteaders in temperate climates.

  • @mzoesp
    @mzoesp Před 7 lety +543

    I would love to see a video of this house in the dead of winter.

    • @philliplopez8745
      @philliplopez8745 Před 6 lety +13

      Maurizio Esposito boggles the mind " dead of the winter , northern lights , and some aqua vita .

    • @valamaas
      @valamaas Před 5 lety +1

      In the dead of winter... Please pass my Corona and a slice of lime.

    • @monmixer
      @monmixer Před 5 lety +7

      Growing up the north it would likely be quite warm. A foot of snow creates a wonderfull blanket of insulation. With heat already trapped I'm sure it won't be cold.

    • @lanie6465
      @lanie6465 Před 4 lety +10

      Well, I heard her say -20c warms up to -10c. It gets -30 to -40 where I live. Would still need a roof, insulation and heat. Lol, I guess this is not suitable for a Canadian winter! I wondered.

    • @carbon1255
      @carbon1255 Před 4 lety +2

      @@monmixer Their insulation is about a metre thick, and air is quite a good one.

  • @mtownz6215
    @mtownz6215 Před 3 lety +42

    This is pretty hardcore. I thought it ended with the green house, but man's built that whole toilet system. That's pretty impressive and nothing to shit on. Pun intended

  • @andreab6508
    @andreab6508 Před 4 lety +24

    personally I think that this house is amazing

  • @xBeauGaming
    @xBeauGaming Před 8 lety +23

    That's a super cool idea to wrap the house in a green house..... So cool!

  • @kayliathequeen9612
    @kayliathequeen9612 Před 2 lety +16

    Seek and you shall find ✨️. It crossed my mind the other day, to create a greenhouse surrounding a self statainable home. I love how environmentally thoughtful this home is. Inspiring!

    • @DNBon.an808
      @DNBon.an808 Před rokem

      Same thing happened to me!

    • @HouseJawn
      @HouseJawn Před rokem

      Post some videos on CZcams of the house :)

  • @nikolaj1316
    @nikolaj1316 Před 4 lety +109

    This takes wrapping your couch in plastic to a whole new level!

  • @BankruptMonkey
    @BankruptMonkey Před 4 lety +14

    If I had to live in a place with long Winters this would definitely be the way to go!

  • @allyourcode
    @allyourcode Před 8 lety +5

    I love how this literalizes the saying about glass houses.

  • @FrederickDunn
    @FrederickDunn Před 8 lety +32

    What?!!! THIS is AWESOME!!!!! extraordinary.... I am so glad I saw this...

  • @johnrutledge3892
    @johnrutledge3892 Před 3 lety +57

    I've always thought that glass is one of the most underutilised of human inventions. I believe it could solve so many many problems with the way that human beings interact with the Earth.

    • @Joanna_P
      @Joanna_P Před 3 lety +4

      I agree!

    • @GavxOnline
      @GavxOnline Před 3 lety +3

      Cost.

    • @PapaSeanX5
      @PapaSeanX5 Před 3 lety +1

      Truth

    • @DecemberFirst
      @DecemberFirst Před 3 lety +2

      Care to elaborate a bit more

    • @creativeblunder
      @creativeblunder Před 2 lety

      @@GavxOnline the monetary and environmental costs of mass production and widespread use of other materials is surely higher

  • @piscesrain8882
    @piscesrain8882 Před 6 lety +8

    Star gazing year round in the comfort of controlled temperatures. I love this !

  • @Mutlap
    @Mutlap Před 7 lety +77

    would been nice to see the house surrounded by snow

    • @CyndiMcKenna
      @CyndiMcKenna Před 6 lety +1

      I hope the book includes that or they release another video this winter.

  • @maggiebuchanan9369
    @maggiebuchanan9369 Před 7 lety +9

    Now that's what I call a smart house. I can see a lot of opportunities living like this, adding solar panels and more growing plants for food items. It's really an amazing house.

  • @theragingcyclone
    @theragingcyclone Před 4 lety +4

    Wow. A kind of dream house. In the middle of winter it must really feel like other worldly with snow all around.

  • @enlightenCA
    @enlightenCA Před 5 lety +176

    People who live in glass houses don't throw stones, they throw parties.

  • @ericmcquisten
    @ericmcquisten Před 7 lety +57

    This is actually an older design. Many years ago in the Artic (near the North Pole), they built a larger dome greenhouse over the top of a slightly smaller dome greenhouse, with air exchanges on both levels in order to maintain a temperature range.... and they realized they could use the same concept to build large-scale double-greenhouses or even triple-greenhouses over plots of land, and then they could even grow plants during certain times of the year.

    • @WAJK2030
      @WAJK2030 Před 7 lety +9

      Is there any further information about that experiment?

    • @ZangelDemon
      @ZangelDemon Před 7 lety +7

      Who are "they," in what you're referencing? I'd love to know more. :)

    • @ericmcquisten
      @ericmcquisten Před 7 lety +16

      Yes, "they" were U.S. based organizations, with U.S. funding and government assistance, but the actual organization, I don't recall who it was, because it was information I gathered at a public library back in the 1990s... so it was awhile ago. But I remember being fascinated by how such a simple design let them maintain temperatures in such extreme climates.
      But don't worry, there has been plenty of useful technology and innovation that has never made it to the mainstream.
      But if someone else fails to do anything with it, and you have the ambition, then file a patent and take it to the market, and you shall be rewarded financially for your effort and vision.

    • @yixnorb5971
      @yixnorb5971 Před 7 lety +1

      We are from another planet. We mean you no harm.

  • @NickRoman
    @NickRoman Před 7 lety +36

    I really like that idea. I think if I put that around my house, it would probably catch on fire in the summer, though. lol

    • @NickRoman
      @NickRoman Před 7 lety +11

      I am interested though, about using this concept from the beginning in architecting a new home. And maybe at the technological extreme, I could have glass that changes color to block light during the summer. And having a larger overall volume where the inside/outside is controlled a lot more than a normal home, I'm thinking it should be easier to maintain a constant temperature, at least in some core space within the property.

    • @Aleph-Noll
      @Aleph-Noll Před 7 lety +1

      i think the panels are able to be removed or stacked up in summer

    • @nancyreichenbach8250
      @nancyreichenbach8250 Před 7 lety

      NickRoman

  • @estherarroyo351
    @estherarroyo351 Před 3 lety +2

    The green house is an amaizing idea! Very kind of this family to share it with the world. Really hard working people. I love the idea of being self sufficient!

  • @jamieohare2428
    @jamieohare2428 Před 4 lety +17

    They say “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks.”
    I’ve never taken it so literally until now

    • @jamieohare2428
      @jamieohare2428 Před 4 lety +1

      TonightsGame App ... that sounds heavy and complicated. Would need a catapult or trebuchet. And to they have to be in the act of coitus? Or can you just throw several participants individually? These important questions demand answers.

  • @rannielaayumi2445
    @rannielaayumi2445 Před 7 lety +5

    THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MY DREAM HOUSE! Isn't it lovely to watch the rain from the balcony without getting wet?

  • @ldekker97
    @ldekker97 Před 7 lety +33

    I discovered this channel 2 hours ago, and I think it's already one of my favourites. I absolutely LOVE the innovative ideas you cover :)

  • @davidtong2776
    @davidtong2776 Před 4 lety +137

    they should have gone back to visit again in the winter.

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 Před 4 lety +14

      And summer too. I bet they sweat like crazy in summer in there.

    • @kwisatzHaderash
      @kwisatzHaderash Před 4 lety +9

      @@shizukagozen777 If at least on third of the windows can be opened, the summer excess heat can be ventilated naturally

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 Před 4 lety +1

      @@kwisatzHaderash
      OK but you can't leave the windows opened all the time. During the night or when you have to go outside, you have to close and when you come back, BAM, you cook like a chicken in a oven ! 🍗

    • @eryncole6347
      @eryncole6347 Před 4 lety +7

      shizukagozen777 this is why we won’t ever have a female president

    • @simonnestarrk7665
      @simonnestarrk7665 Před 4 lety +11

      @@shizukagozen777 why cant you leave the windows open? Of course you can. You csn.leave them open all summer if you like.

  • @markmoorman
    @markmoorman Před 2 lety +5

    Beautiful! Thank you to the family for sharing their wonderful home with us. :)

  • @scocassovegetus
    @scocassovegetus Před 7 lety +5

    Amazing. I had this idea years ago, great to see there are people 'crazy' enough to actually do it.

  • @sebiOase
    @sebiOase Před 7 lety +14

    Looks like they love to clean windows.. :D

  • @seriousdopamine4404
    @seriousdopamine4404 Před 4 lety +119

    When you decide to build your minecraft house in real life.

  • @waynedlima2226
    @waynedlima2226 Před rokem +1

    Some people do so much for the world like this couple and you for bringing them to us

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel

    There was a design study, where polycarbonate was used instead of glass. It worked so well, that people had to ventilate in the winter too.
    This is the future of insulation in the northern parts of the world.

    • @DecibelAlex
      @DecibelAlex Před 5 lety +6

      A closed box doesn't "breathe" as a house normally should. it's vital to ventilate so mold doesn't form

    • @shieroc
      @shieroc Před 4 lety

      Its genius.

  • @callumimeson7370
    @callumimeson7370 Před 7 lety +313

    You could have a crazy hotbox sesh In there

    • @sadface
      @sadface Před 4 lety +17

      my man...

    • @ingwermoschus5630
      @ingwermoschus5630 Před 4 lety +17

      You could also grow a sufficient supply in there. All in one.

    • @etherealone
      @etherealone Před 4 lety +11

      You could also grow alot of good munchies. This just keeps getting better.

    • @chlxbear
      @chlxbear Před 4 lety +2

      Oh fuck😍

    • @NanoDelMar
      @NanoDelMar Před 4 lety

      🤮

  • @jinxmas
    @jinxmas Před 5 lety +2

    I can wrap my head around this idea. I live in NJ. I love the seasons but I would love to have this option to live with spring like weather all year. Brilliant.

  • @lavapix
    @lavapix Před 5 lety +190

    It sounds like many wanted to see it in the winter. Its close to 4 years later. Is there a video of it in the winter?

    • @robveselovsky2461
      @robveselovsky2461 Před 3 lety +15

      If you go to the message above ur and click the kickstarter link you will c a video of it in january with some snow on the ground. Its like 3 minutes.

    • @dr.erinmclaughlin6709
      @dr.erinmclaughlin6709 Před 3 lety +4

      Yep! 5 years later

    • @user-cb3ui9wt9i
      @user-cb3ui9wt9i Před 3 lety +1

      Why winter?) What wrong with winter?)

    • @ginadelsasso288
      @ginadelsasso288 Před 3 lety +4

      @@user-cb3ui9wt9i we want to see how it performs in the snow they get. Sweden gets a lot of snow and does not get very warm in the summer either.

    • @lillamy2896
      @lillamy2896 Před 3 lety +2

      @@robveselovsky2461 Many times its just a white box beqause of the humidity. Just ask the neighbours

  • @reignorshine.
    @reignorshine. Před 7 lety +5

    wow this is amazing these people might be ahead of the game. as the atmosphere changes this concept may be a window into our future

  • @larsrosing5033
    @larsrosing5033 Před 7 lety +142

    Quite interesting, but a little to isolated for me, you won't feel the wind or hear the bords, unless outside, and there must hundreds of insects trapped every summer!

    • @claytemorgan1923
      @claytemorgan1923 Před 7 lety +2

      You raise an interesting point about external soynds. I have heard blue jays so loud, that I've wanted to tape their beaks! I imagine they could open the dkuding glass doors to feel a breeze, but they are in a Nordic country, and the inside can reach -10°, she said. I love it! 💕😊💕

    • @claytemorgan1923
      @claytemorgan1923 Před 7 lety

      Oops! "external sounds" and "sliding " glass doors.

    • @larsrosing5033
      @larsrosing5033 Před 7 lety

      Yes, maybe so, but to me it's an akward way of saving energy, if any in the end. I know you can go outside, but it's too prisonlike ;)

    • @kellyoxo2818
      @kellyoxo2818 Před 7 lety +2

      Who like's to dress up like the Stay Puff Marshmallow man everyday, on the week-ends you can read your paper on the roof and watch the snowflakes fall from the sky. They probably see Northern lights also.

    • @jdstep97
      @jdstep97 Před 7 lety +6

      Exactly. It is too isolated, or confined. I don't think I could do this due to my claustrophobia.

  • @Daoism11
    @Daoism11 Před 5 lety +3

    Absolutely love everything about this house / green house idea's including the waste management system(s).. 10/10.... A good clip & many thanks for showing your home.

  • @liveinagreenhouse
    @liveinagreenhouse Před rokem

    I first saw this video 5 years ago and it, literally, changed my life.

  • @khadijagwen
    @khadijagwen Před 7 lety +7

    Very nice. I would like to see this house in wet and snowy weather.

  • @oh8wingman
    @oh8wingman Před 4 lety +9

    This is hardly a new concept for Sweden. Back in the mid 1970's there was an article in a magazine called New Shelter that dealt with a mobile home where they had encased it in a greenhouse. The concept makes total sense since it mitigates the temperature inside the home by using the interspace as a thermal barrier and in addition employs solar heat when the sun is out. In the summer the greenhouse has panels that open up to bleed off the excess energy. The greenhouse surrounding the mobile home was constructed in such a way as to allow for the planting of a vegetable garden which resulted in a considerably longer growing season.

    • @sanitychelle
      @sanitychelle Před 4 lety +2

      They mention that in the video, like two minutes in.

    • @pRahvi0
      @pRahvi0 Před 4 lety +1

      @@sanitychelle They mention 1990s, but yeah. Nobody claiming it to be exactly new as a concept.

  • @JenniferHerbsRealtor
    @JenniferHerbsRealtor Před 6 lety +1

    How captivating! Thank you for sharing your home with us.

  • @johnnyaingel5753
    @johnnyaingel5753 Před 5 lety +3

    Beautiful home i would have one myself i LOVE this home it in inspired me with many ideas thank you Kirsten greatly appreciated

  • @skittydelicious
    @skittydelicious Před 6 lety +15

    Wow I kinda love this idea! Maybe one day I'd like to build my own tiny house. But the problem is I want to hang out outside too. But it gets so cold... So if i had a greenhouse around my tiny house, I could hang out outside in winter!

  • @camilaparedes6261
    @camilaparedes6261 Před 7 lety +35

    this is an amazing idea, but it would be awesome to have a yard inside the green house

  • @avidnongetit8710
    @avidnongetit8710 Před 4 lety +1

    OMG! I have wanted to do this since childhood. I lived near a set of massive green houses.
    They were left for ruin while I was a child. So I dreamt about using them as a house as they fell into ruin. I'm so happy for you. To see my dream come true somewhere, even though I will never actually live in it. I'm so happy for you and your dream home!

  • @haruspex1-50
    @haruspex1-50 Před 4 lety +2

    Why isn’t this more commonplace? This is brilliant

    • @ForestNinjaZero
      @ForestNinjaZero Před 4 lety

      Because you can't possibly cool the interior, during summers, the lack of ventilation is life-threatening, and it's too expensive to maintain, or reconstruct.

    • @dewick134
      @dewick134 Před 4 lety

      @@ForestNinjaZero Exactly. How much would a greenhouse this size cost? Like 2-$300,000?

  • @katerinadicamella
    @katerinadicamella Před 6 lety +3

    I wish you could show more houses like this Kirsten!! Thank you, l just love your channel!!

  • @Cryptonomous
    @Cryptonomous Před 7 lety +5

    the rain and hail must get SO loud

  • @pamelawherey4583
    @pamelawherey4583 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank You for showing your house! Very Nice 🌸💐🌸
    It has a very nice look to it.

  • @anaguerrerosholisticwellbe2788

    It's not just a philosophy of life as he says, it's a privilege to be able to afford a green life! But I love the idea

    • @eggcluck
      @eggcluck Před 5 lety +19

      So many of the zealots forget this, they demand people live a certain way not caring that they do not have the money.

    • @SuWoopSparrow
      @SuWoopSparrow Před 5 lety

      @@eggcluckWhat are you referring to?

    • @Gromobran
      @Gromobran Před 5 lety +1

      Yes I agree. All those glass I am sure she don’t wash it by her self

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs Před 5 lety +1

      SuWoopSparrow to all the green zealots trying to force a green life style on everyone???

    • @SuWoopSparrow
      @SuWoopSparrow Před 5 lety +5

      ​@@jamesbizsIt's not expensive to live a green life. It actually costs you not to live a green life.
      Can everyone afford to make a "greenhouse home"? No. But doing so isn't whats going to save the planet. No "zealot" is asking you to go out and do that.
      Two large influences on climate change are agriculture and manufacturing.
      The US, for example, eats too much meat and wastes too much meat. Eat less, produce less. That's not expensive. That saves you money. You don't lose anything. Meat is incredibly intensive to create. Doesn't mean you have to stop eating meat. Just stop wasting it and overconsuming it. No one needs a 32oz steak 3 days a week.
      Switching from fossil fuels to green energy saves you money long term. Wouldn't have even cost anything for these coal miners to switch. Obama created a stimulus package and wanted to give it to these midwestern coal miners to retrain and reinvest into green energy. They didn't want it.
      Money isn't the issue. Lazy complacency is.

  • @DeadlyDanDaMan
    @DeadlyDanDaMan Před 7 lety +186

    I can only imagine how many birds slam into this house every year....

    • @CobCeo
      @CobCeo Před 5 lety +2

      That's exactly what I scrolled down to comment about. I was going to ask how many animals walk into the glass every month. I wasn't really thinking about birds as much as just animals on foot when they walk up they might think they could come right in

    • @OMGIGILY
      @OMGIGILY Před 4 lety +4

      :-( id like to think the lines from the metal structure holding up the glass could be enough to ward birds from flying into the house

    • @elisawiththebirdsandbutter1578
      @elisawiththebirdsandbutter1578 Před 4 lety +6

      @@OMGIGILY Unfortunately it wouldn't. Birds don't need a lot of space to fly through something and these metal structure is the same as branches of a tree or something like that. As long as there seems to be air between it they will crash into the glass. Even the glass directly in front of the house walls will reflect the sky if you look from a specific ankle. Also these black stickers which imitated birds of prey don't work in every case, because the black foil appears just white or shiny at daylight.🙄

    • @cedriceveleigh
      @cedriceveleigh Před 4 lety +6

      Natural selection will eventually do its thing and birds will learn to identify greenhouses and not fly near them.

    • @abuelitacaicedo3185
      @abuelitacaicedo3185 Před 4 lety

      DeadlyDanDaMan here where I am silly birds fly into even smallish windows (they see their reflection) so people put stickers on random spots on the windows so they can “see” the windows.

  • @Grandma7T7
    @Grandma7T7 Před 4 lety +1

    Perfect solution! We used to have a huge sun room on our south side and it kept our home heated during the day all winter!

  • @luvbite1
    @luvbite1 Před 4 lety +1

    Fascinating, brilliant and incredibly eco-friendly. I love it, well done!!

  • @jessicagomez1760
    @jessicagomez1760 Před 7 lety +28

    this is the most admirable, responsible and smart couple I have ever seen

  • @TealAquaBlue
    @TealAquaBlue Před 5 lety +38

    Reminds me of Sandys's hous ein Spongebob.
    Nice house though! ♥️🏡

  • @philliplopez8745
    @philliplopez8745 Před 6 lety

    A house with no roof . Brilliant!

  • @carpetsclean1
    @carpetsclean1 Před 4 lety +2

    I always wanted to do this with a dome over my house. This is awesome!!!

  • @fjeepers
    @fjeepers Před 4 lety +13

    I wonder how this would work with those geothermal heating tubes I’ve seen being used in the northern US states. Very cool! Maybe I can do this with a tiny house 😂

  • @FedUp-bd4gv
    @FedUp-bd4gv Před 7 lety +3

    I love the whole concept of this, wonderful! :)

  • @philosoraptor777
    @philosoraptor777 Před 6 lety +1

    This is a dream! Thank you for sharing!

  • @artcomestoyou
    @artcomestoyou Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you for the information, visit, and I am glad I found this because I have this idea for over 15 years and I am glad somebody weeks thought of it and somebody else implement it.

  • @wslandry
    @wslandry Před 7 lety +28

    My question which nobody ever talks about is the expensive cost of living like this! I'm talking about the utilities just the actual cost of the structure!

    • @arbralouve
      @arbralouve Před 7 lety +1

      80000€ expensive ?... i'm sure you can even reduce the end bill by doing stuff yourself...

    • @Krydin
      @Krydin Před 7 lety

      The property/land on which the house stands is always much more expensive than the house itself in Stockholm anyways

    • @arbralouve
      @arbralouve Před 7 lety +2

      Då får man bygga den Norrland ;)

    • @atnfn
      @atnfn Před 7 lety +10

      Not for long, how many welfare migrants can the swedish welfare system handle? Sweden is going to turn into a 3rd world country.
      I was watching a video of a person ask people on the street in Sweden if they tought there was a limit to how many migrants Sweden could take in. They all said no (mostly women). What do you think would happen if you moved all the poor people from Africa to Sweden? No limit remember. Think they will all become rich or Sweden will turn into Somalia?

    • @Krydin
      @Krydin Před 7 lety +5

      atnfn troll somewhere else, Swedish economy is doing well.

  • @billylynch9895
    @billylynch9895 Před 7 lety +72

    I'm sure the birds fucking *love* this.

    • @frschatz3200
      @frschatz3200 Před 6 lety +6

      Billy Lynch, I need to ask, since you used the F word as a filler word, has swearing become so socially acceptable you think it's cool to use it on a public forum? Just wondering why some people use the F word for every part of speech when there are thousands of other choice words that when used describe so much better how one feels or thinks. This is a legitimate question, Billy. I'm not being snarky.

    • @matthibbs2871
      @matthibbs2871 Před 6 lety +1

      F R Schatz You sound like a fucking english teacher.

    • @frschatz3200
      @frschatz3200 Před 6 lety +2

      Nope. I'm not an English teacher. Tell your mother she is f-ing beautiful, and listen if she actually says thank you. If you can't say it to your mother don't write it on public access places.

    • @kiwibird8441
      @kiwibird8441 Před 6 lety

      F R Schatz get a grip, people sware in thier vids all the time for fucks sake

    • @frschatz3200
      @frschatz3200 Před 6 lety +1

      Vegan Stains, yes they do. The word is so over used it communicates nothing. For example, the phrase, 'for f...s sake' expresses no meaning. It's a wasteland.

  • @DJD8RR
    @DJD8RR Před 2 lety

    Splendide, bravo
    ❤️

  • @whyisthenameMOtaken
    @whyisthenameMOtaken Před 5 lety

    I want one! That natural waste management system is amazing! Awesome

  • @tmalonso
    @tmalonso Před 8 lety +40

    I've often dreamt of someday building something like this...the top floors of the home would have no ceiling to allow for insulated growing areas for medicine and fruiting plants, and the garden mote around the house would be filled with leafy veggies and flowers, with companion plants spread out all over, and maybe one of those Beecosystem Hives on the inside of the greenhouse glass in the back corner for pollination...definitely a great idea either way :)

    • @ChazEvansdale
      @ChazEvansdale Před 8 lety +1

      +Theo M. I really like that idea, a sturdy flat garden roof. Automatically watered with rain water, from the greenhouse roof. Aided by grey water from the house when needed. Also a cube house is easier to heat and cool especially with the added thermal barriers.
      In the USA it'd be hard to get a house like that approved though, unless far in the country.

    • @tmalonso
      @tmalonso Před 8 lety +5

      Kuvter Instead of attics, we should just have the 3rd story of homes be a greenhouse with a properly pitched roof...save yourself some yard space and the headaches of cleaning a dusty attic. Some cities are starting to charge for 'runoff' for roofs without gutters and paved surfaces...water harvesting greenhouse gutters would prevent runoff, perhaps reducing those fees. All the more reason :)

    • @ChazEvansdale
      @ChazEvansdale Před 8 lety +4

      Theo M. That sounds great, and cheaper. No need to completely surround the house. And for those who don't like gardening the roof could still be a porch with a few easy to maintain plants to improve the air quality.

    • @lupusk9productions
      @lupusk9productions Před 8 lety +2

      +Theo M. Damn! nice idea. i'm gonna write that down, sounds like a winner. Sort of like those earthship or whatever houses with attached greenhouses. I like the roof idea better.

    • @psychobunny32
      @psychobunny32 Před 8 lety

      +Theo M. build an Earthship like the ones in New Mexico

  • @philais
    @philais Před 8 lety +121

    A lot of windows to wash...

  • @koitorob
    @koitorob Před 6 lety

    I've heard of 'thinking outside of the box', but this takes the biscuit!
    LOVE IT!

  • @kathe.o.
    @kathe.o. Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful & brilliant.

  • @iiNekoMattyii
    @iiNekoMattyii Před 7 lety +4

    someone call the windex factory they need to move nextdoor to the house lmao

  • @sallysassa
    @sallysassa Před 8 lety +4

    That is a brilliant concept.

  • @rblibit
    @rblibit Před 6 lety

    Close to all of the elements, but in a beautiful way without two pairs of long-johns, and grow some food, too! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! And took me a minute to understand the shade cloth on the slides (a great idea) - this is really some forward thinking. BRAVO!

  • @SwtTrisha8
    @SwtTrisha8 Před 4 lety

    WOW! Really interesting and thanks for sharing! I’d love to go there and see first hand what it feels like to be inside or outside the house and be able to view nature right thru the glass. Far out! I wonder if they see wild life around as they enjoy coffee in the morning. What a great way to wake up, open your bedroom door to the outside world being protected from the rain etc. and sip coffee. The sliding glass doors were ideal also!👍

  • @mikek573lights
    @mikek573lights Před 5 lety +4

    Looks pretty cool almost like camping in a house

  • @christeenn.
    @christeenn. Před 7 lety +9

    This is brilliant. I'm fascinated

  • @theharringtons2010
    @theharringtons2010 Před 10 měsíci +1

    How fantastic..I would love a greenhouse house, especially here in the UK when it rains often

  • @samhianblackmoon
    @samhianblackmoon Před rokem

    and yet another reason I love and just subscribed to your cool channel Kirsten👍🏽

  • @branimirmarold7343
    @branimirmarold7343 Před 8 lety +4

    .. again amazing upload. thank you and massive respect! :)

  • @uytteb
    @uytteb Před 8 lety +198

    The "small tea house" (2:35) is probably a "small summer house". The French-speaking man speaks French very well, but he does have a small accent. Hence the confusion between "maison de thé" (tea house) and "maison d'été" (summer house).

    • @kirstendirksen
      @kirstendirksen  Před 8 lety +34

      +uytteb Thank you. My fault for doing my own subtitling. She does make the point in English that it was an old summer house.

    • @uytteb
      @uytteb Před 8 lety +15

      That's all right, you did a really good job apart from this small error. And thanks for another interesting video!

    • @Nai61a
      @Nai61a Před 8 lety +2

      +uytteb You beat me to it. Mind you, it made me laugh when I saw it, so maybe it should remain as it is!

    • @Idellle
      @Idellle Před 8 lety

      +Kirsten Dirksen Are you fluent in French?

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 Před 8 lety +3

      my french is non existent but i found the translation very peculiar. now i know why.

  • @pamelamolina5623
    @pamelamolina5623 Před 4 lety

    This is phenomenal thanks

  • @nadgrwi9911
    @nadgrwi9911 Před 6 lety

    Wow Looks awesome, you guys did a great Job

  • @lenac3587
    @lenac3587 Před 2 lety +3

    What an interesting self sustaining greenhouse wrapped around a house to preserve heat in cold countries. Kudos to the family who think outside the box to adopt unconventional living. Here in Malaysia, we are so embarrassed, people might think we are crazy for doing something different

  • @drunkanmaster2097
    @drunkanmaster2097 Před 7 lety +14

    I think its a great idea. We should all live in a bubble ^_^

    • @cosmicjustice4139
      @cosmicjustice4139 Před 7 lety +3

      Missing words and punctuation......Yes, you seem like someone I should put my faith in.

    • @efenty6235
      @efenty6235 Před 7 lety +1

      sTop criticisink peupole"s grahmar,

    • @Shady-Shane
      @Shady-Shane Před 7 lety +1

      you spelleded banana wrong

  • @redcloud870
    @redcloud870 Před 3 lety

    I thought about this many many years ago...long before I had money. lol Love your house!

  • @lightguided2525
    @lightguided2525 Před 2 lety

    So clever and really beautiful.

  • @danielchais4603
    @danielchais4603 Před 7 lety +51

    It looks like a pane in the glass

  • @dmagin777
    @dmagin777 Před 7 lety +105

    any breeze possibility with the greenhouse? love having my windows open for fresh air to pass thru

    • @mayhemmike1789
      @mayhemmike1789 Před 7 lety +5

      dmagin777 they don't need ME in there after eating some taco bell 😆

    • @ijunkie
      @ijunkie Před 7 lety +1

      I was thinking the same thing, and in summer it would be a liability for cooling costs unless you could cover the roof.

    • @fluffybunnyfeet8645
      @fluffybunnyfeet8645 Před 7 lety +8

      Or like any typical greenhouse, you open the vents on the top and allow the hot air to escape?

    • @superdougie10
      @superdougie10 Před 7 lety +3

      Matthew Kleid, they had certains on the inside of the glass ceilings to block light.

    • @xxuncoothxx
      @xxuncoothxx Před 7 lety +6

      They certainly had curtains ;)

  • @Nulife23
    @Nulife23 Před 3 lety

    This is so wonderful and inspiring!

  • @DivineVortex
    @DivineVortex Před 3 lety

    This is absolutely smart!!!!

  • @johnwells9089
    @johnwells9089 Před 5 lety +7

    I always wanted a small minimalistic japanese-style home inside of a large climate controlled biodome waterfalls everything...

  • @jonstewart9792
    @jonstewart9792 Před 7 lety +17

    If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones!

  • @Scumlord_Joe
    @Scumlord_Joe Před 4 lety

    Thanks for sharing, great video

  • @anterosousa1198
    @anterosousa1198 Před 6 lety

    Absolutely magnificent!

  • @leon_anleon_a9745
    @leon_anleon_a9745 Před 6 lety +3

    Молодцы!!!!!!!!