GH Village
Instant community contained in two standard-size shipping containers.
The innovative GreenHouse Village system, a quickly deployable, sustainable and eco-friendly infrastructure can include physical buildings fabricated onsite, renewable power via solar panels and bio-waste ethanol, state-of-the-art water purification, and a completely sufficient vegetable and fish farm. The entire system can be purchased as a set, or as individual components.
A few trained workers can construct a single building in about five hours, and the completely modular structures can be combined to form larger buildings such as schools, clinics, and community centers. Each GreenHouse Village is fabricated from light-gauge steel frames, which are formed with advanced, compact mechanical equipment on site. This allows the system, fully engineered to International Building Code standards, to be rapidly deployed. An entire GreenHouse Village can be built in one to two weeks.
Powered by the Sun
The LifeVillage system also includes photovoltaic equipment that provides electricity by capturing the sun’s energy. Covering just six structures with solar panels can generate 31.2 kW of electricity, or 60,000 kilowatt-hours over the course of a year…enough to power a medical clinic, school, and living quarters for teachers and doctors. The LifeVillage will also power up to 5,000 reading lights in the surrounding region, alleviating the need to build expensive power supply lines or the infrastructure needed to support them.
One Community at a Time
LifeVillages have the potential to change the world one community at a time. Developing nation communities and governments face many challenges, but their interests are largely aligned. It will take leadership on many fronts to successfully “solarize” the developing world, but doing so will have inestimable value for all nations. Reduced greenhouse gas emissions and reduced global demand for fossil fuels are just two examples of the positive outcomes for developing nations. The twentieth century saw the rise of industrialized nations from agrarian economies, but many nations were left behind. Developing nations now have the potential of being leaders in clean, renewable energy across the globe.