Eco-home
Date: 4/22/2008 Album ID: 501267
Photos by Walt Mancini
Edward Huang, Senior Planner Community Redevelopment Agency of the city of Los Angeles giving a tour of his Eco-home that he built in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day April 22, 2008.
Edward Huang, Senior Planner Community Redevelopment Agency of the city of Los Angeles giving a tour of his Eco-home that he built in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day April 22, 2008. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Edward Huang, (center) Senior Planner Community Redevelopment Agency of the city of Los Angeles giving a tour of his Eco-home that he built in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day April 22, 2008. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Edward Huang,  Senior Planner Community Redevelopment Agency of the city of Los Angeles showing a bedroom closet that can be open on both sides of the wall to create additional ventilation in the bedroom. Huang at his Eco-home that he built in the city of Arcadia giving an Eco tour of his home on Earth Day Tuesday, April 22, 2008. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Edward Huang showing the wiring of his master control center of his Eco-home in Arcadia,  where he will be able to control lighting, heat, air conditioning from a remote location away from his home.  (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Edward Huang, discussing how he built an extra wall with added insulation to reduce the heat striking the outside of the southern portion of his home to keep keep the kitchen cooler in summer.  Huang gave a tour of his Eco-home that he built in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day April 22, 2008. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Solar Cell on the roof of Eco-home that Edward Huang and his wife built in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day April 22, 2008. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Greenhouse for growing plants which is adjacent to the kitchen and can help heat the kitchen in winter by opening the door of the kitchen to the greenhouse.  Edward Huang gave a Eco-home tour of his home that he and his wife built in city of Aradia Tuesday, April 22, 2008 on Earth Day. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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A tankless water heater that electrically heats the water with an array of household non-toxic green cleaning fluids used for household cleaning.  Edward Huang gave an Eco-home tour of his home that he and his wife built in city of Arcadia Tuesday, April 22, 2008.  (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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A drum to catch rain water from the gutters to use for plants on the Eco-home of Edward Huang in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day Tuesday, April 22, 2008. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Edward Huang, (right) Senior Planner Community Redevelopment Agency of the city of Los Angeles giving a tour of his Eco-home that he built in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day April 22, 2008. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Edward Huang,  Senior Planner Community Redevelopment Agency of the city of Los Angeles giving a tour of his Eco-home that he built in the city of Arcadia on Earth Day April 22, 2008. Huang use of spanish tile on the floors retains the heat from the sunlight entering the windows and in other parts of the house helps the house remain cool in summer. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Compost drums used to help the soil in the vegetable garden at the home of Edward Huang in Arcadia, photographed Tuesday, April 22, 2008 on Earth day.  (SGVN/Staff photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Edward Huang designed his Eco-home in Arcadia and had his home built using the cooling properities of the Oak tree to cool one side of his home.  Vents built in one of two towers helps circulates the fresh air throughout the home. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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