The upper floors, high ceilings, roofs and steep cliffs range come from "crack houses traditional," which was based on the shade and air circulation for relief from the hot tropical climate of Florida.
A couple of magnolias, dark red walls, ceiling fans, bamboo and wood floors, rustic beams salvaged from a barn in Georgia, add the atmosphere of the cozy little brick house in the center of Florida State University and the University mortar.
It may seem a throwback misplaced, but the $ 575,000 Off-Grid Zero Emission Building - OGZEB - a futuristic touch. Your task is to examine possible solutions for the world's energy and climate change problems by combining the old trick of advanced technologies, including single solar hydrogen.
"What we're trying to do is create a building in the morning with a lot of sense today," said project director Justin Kramer. "If nobody wanted to live in it, what's the point?"
Like a house of the 19th century cracking, no power lines.
Solar panels on the roof are one of the few recommendations of two-bedroom house is a relic of the past. The solar panels on the roof are in bloom, a country of this year, because a large federal grant, which pays 30 percent of the cost. States such as Florida, offer additional tax credits and other incentives to reduce cost.
With Florida State outside the home network, some of the electricity produced is used to convert water into hydrogen to power when the sun is not shining.
Dedicated in August OGZEB has a couple of small offices, but most of the interior, including a large living-dining-kitchen is strictly residential. Graduate students, staff and dignitaries will take turns to give life to us old and new technologies in the world, is a true screening test.
"If it had been in use, we have good data," said by Kramer.