What is "ecohouse"

n. (alternative spelling of eco-house English)

An ecohouse (or eco home) is an environmentally low-impact home designed and built using materials and technology that reduces its carbon footprint and lowers its energy needs.

This includes:

• Glass that has two or three layers with gas in between to prevent heat loss
• Solar panels
• Geothermal heating and growing plants on the roof to regulate temperature, quieten the house, and to produce oxygen
• A wind turbine for when there is wind, and a battery if not

An ecohouse is an environmentally low-impact home.

Ecohouse may also refer to:

• The Ecology House, a housing unit at Cornell University's North Campus - see Cornell North Campus
• A 1999 episode of the British television series Grand Designs - see List of Grand Designs episodes
• An episode of This is Emily Yeung - see List of This Is Emily Yeung episodes