Towable, off-grid Ecocapsule gathers energy/water anywhere
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2020
- Can off-grid, anywhere-living appeal to the masses? The Ecocapsule mobile dwelling gathers solar/wind energy, harvests/filters water. It shelters up to 2 comfortably and includes all essentials: kitchen, toilet, shower, folding bed, and storage.
Sona Pohlova and Tomáš Žáček created the original design in 2014 for a client with a ranch who didn't have the infrastructure for guest housing. They didn’t win the contract but were published worldwide and received requests from people to buy it. They spent 5 years turning their plans into a prototype.
Today they are selling their Ecocapsule - complete with shower and toilet, sleeping area for two, and kitchenette - to anyone looking to “stay in nature for a long time, for example, scientists, photographers, rangers or extreme tourists” or someone interested in installing one on a city rooftop. The pods are highly mobile: they can easily be pulled by a pickup truck or even airlifted by helicopter (for those rooftop needs).
The units capture sun energy (PV) as well as their own rainwater (and grey and blackwater). There’s even an app-controlled smart-home system and sensors that help you monitor your energy and water use.
www.ecocapsule.sk/
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i feel this is less of a minimalist living situation and more of a luxury camping type of thing.
And you need a Helicopter to move it, really ECO
it's still minimal tho and ecological even if you need a car to move it
@@guillepunx No, you could see it being moved as a trailer.
@@guillepunx I would love this thing to be updated so in 5 years it becomes a Camper with an Electric Car Driving Dashboard, Wheels and more Wind Turbines ( since Driving Produces Wind)
Along with Mass Production making the Price more reasonable
I cannot agree more on this.
Sales would go crazy if they make it a tad expensive but with more stuff that define it as a house and not a camping unit.
Filtering the used water - a bigger power cells, so a sentence such as "a its windy, we will be able to cook tonight" doesn't have to be part of the promo.
I know there are campers that have it all but since its small, if they make it attachable to a car as a trailer, it might pull way more attention than a camper. Since it doesn't cost 200k with those features.
Oh god the possibilities are so limitless .
The wind energy is really genius. More homes should be built using this. Very cool.
The Ecocapsule looks as though it came from Woody Allen's film, "Sleeper."
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OMG that movie is so funny.... I am so glad you brought it up.
I was thinking Mork & Mindy
these are $93129.04 USD its kinda too much for what you get in my opinion
Think of the sailboat you can buy for that much.
Tomáš talked about the high price right now as being due to it still being early and their limited sales. His idea is that once they can ramp up production and achieve economies of scale this price should go way down.
Price could go down 5 times or so once there would be enough demand for mass production.
No they won’t. Because there’s plenty of people to buy them at that price. And the housing market is a joke. Let’s wait a few years. And thank god for WikiHouse too.
I have never understood why so many tiny or downsized homes end up costing as much or more than a normal home. Doesn't that negate the point entirely?
It's basically a self-sustaining bullet caravan, but without the wheels... 😃
Or a houseboat, without a propeller...
@@pepperpepperpepper And without floating, since I assume it's not watertight
@@CoolcatBirdVideos That's where all these things meet cold hard reality.
@@mos6507 I was upset to see fiberglass being used. So much waste on the layup... no recycling protocol for toxic resins and lung-irritant fibers. Why can't any of these lugnuts use Fresco's extruded concepts? I know a dollar is the most contrived unit of measure possible, but it's still worth paying attention to when attempting economization.
"Way overpriced.. At $94,000 USD.. You could just build a tiny home on wheels with 5 times the space for that price!"
@J Doe Or if you like that space, you could build something with a lot more flat surfaces for less than a quarter of the price. Even less if you're the one doing the building, including the piping and wiring.
Anybody else getting a "Mork & Mindy" vibe? Nanu Nanu!
Now i want some bologna. hehe
These technologies would be amazing if it's affordable to the masses...
The thing about round and oval designs like this one are that they are a nightmare to set up and manufacture in shops that dont have access to nice new cnc machines. And will at the least lead to double the cost of a square structure
@@PhantomMantis88a robot can 3D design/build everything for way cheaper/faster IMO.
It is over $100,000 USD. Not affordable. Nice though.
What technologies? Solar? Fiberglass? Wind turbine? Water capture and purification? They are all readily available to the masses. The masses simply don't want these; they want their 80" flatscreens, california king beds, asinine huge kitchens, etc. And people who want to live small don't struggle with acquiring the technologies, they struggle with finding a place to park their tiny home, the stigma of living small and local governments kicking them out.
It's not sustainable at this price. It's more of a luxury item
I saw these years ago in a "Top 5" list, and wondered if they'd take off. I like the concept, but there's room for improvement in the design. US pricing ranges from $89k to $139K. Hopefully, some company here will acquire the licensing to build the Ecocapsule and price it within reason.
Agreed, Plus giving it the Dashboard and Wheels of an Electric Car would make it much easier and sustainable to move ( and More Short Wind Turbines since driving produces winds)
At first it may sound like a lot but if you think about it you will go into profit in around 1-2 years because you don't have to pay for elcrricity and water at all and imo is quite comfy but it may be because i like small comfy places
@@foldyna_s -- I would say that what is reasonable is what ends up being competitive in the marketplace. You can build a heck of a tiny house for way less than $89K, and hit that break even point much sooner. I believe it's been difficult for them to create a demand for the product based on their pricing.
Simply put it is pretty much a Scamp 13' camper with a wind turbine attached,
Building your own style tiny house would be way cheaper and you can have room to upgrade and repair it yourself.
You've got to admit, that's a shell of an idea. 🐣
They've cracked it.
It's a Hard boiled No for me.
Egggggcelent idea !
Kirsten this is interesting as usual for the channel but I was expecting some more questioning from you when it comes to the "eco" labeled design:
- how the filtering works?
- what is the expected generated energy and to what amount of autonomy it corresponds?
- how are the materials used ecological?
Furthermore, I have doubts about the advantages of the shape it self:
- flat surfaces are probably more industrially scalable and substitutable if damaged, unless there is a big advantage in saving material and assembling with a curved shape;
- having solar panels facing opposite sides is a huge waste of potential energy harvest, maybe cut to half;
- storing space is reduced.
I don't agree with the stated cozy feel of the shape: we are not born inside an egg, we are far more used to a box shape or triangular ceiling, so this is highly subjective.
However, I see some advantages:
- it is less disturbed by air flow, which it is better if you plan to use it as a trailer and also might feel more comfortable if it is windy outside;
- less joints make it more stable when transporting and less prone to cracks, also if it falls over to one side.
Even with that shape, I know how to save more space in the kitchen and bathroom than the present design.
This might be useful for some property owners that want to complement their business with some tourists staying for a while, because the shape makes it a different experience. Other than that, an RV/caravan/trailer would be more cost efficient.
I enjoy these videos and appreciate that they are in-depth and human-paced. I like seeing ideas brought to reality, whether or not I think they make sense, or would make sense for me. Always interesting to see how other people are thinking differently about “the box.”
Oh yes! They finally made them! I've been dreaming of these ever since I saw the project years ago! Thanks for filming this!
Love Kristen's ability to show all ideas equally and beautifully to elevate thought and discussion. Seems like overnight shelter rather than home. Besides what was mentioned, concern about fragility of shell,water freezing in collection system and tanks.
As an emergency housing solution, this might work - but not for long term. I think the key was when they said you could "exist" in it. I wouldn't call it living.
Yeah, it's for camping, not living.
Have you seen the price tag?
It's a fancy glamping pod for millionaires.
The price unfortunately removes it as an option for emergency housing. approx 100k for two people? what if you have an emergency with thousands of people? thats just not an option.
@@RJCOutdoors It also can't wash clothes, and the fridge consists of a single drawer, lol.
If it doesn't wash clothes, it's not viable as a home..... Not to mention the rain collection function does not make ANY sense, considering the shape of the whole thing, it doesn't have NEARLY enough surface area...
To make this viable, they need a little bit more space to make room for something to wash clothes and support the system behind that, store larger amounts of food with a decent fridge, and make the surface area of the rain collection larger... This means ditching the egg-shaped look... Because as it stands right now, it's riddled with design flaws, which is hilariously on-point for the slovak stereotype of being too lazy to do competent work. :P
It's hilarious that they're charging 80 000 euro's for an incomplete product riddled with design flaws, roflmfao... I could build something superior for 1/4 of that price. They need to step up their game to justify charging such an exorbitant premium for their product. xD
Thanks Kirsten for sharing this ! ❤️
WOW! These are amazing! Excellent video. Happy trails.
That was a Eggsellent video! Thank you for sharing.
I would love to have one of these capsules. Sees the cost: no, thank you 🙃
70 months of rent on a house thats 1000 a month. This is really just luxery camping.
@@acatfrompoland5230 I appreciate their work. But, seriously, for single persons living in an urban setting this kind of dwelling is tailor made. I wish this project somehow picks up and becomes a solution for affordable dwelling across the world.
The last price I saw to buy it, was 2.500 dollars, not so bad.
@@valeryahmad2337 On their website, they sell for 79,900 €, so 92,928 $
Well, on limited production runs, specialized vacuum forming of the fibreglass panels used everywhere in the pod, is uber-expensive. And unless and until something like this becomes popular, it has no mass market appeal that would permit production runs to be done on a large economy-of-scale basis. Neat idea in principle, but its cost makes it unworkable in practice.
I love these innovative designs!
Thanks for continuing to make good videos Kirsten!
OMGAWD.... I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR this BABY for years.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Very interesting and so cleverly thought out.
if they turned the turbine into an engine, they could just bolt on 2 wings and fly away
or add a couple of wheels to tow it with a car? ;)
So wonderful - every part of it. That's my dream micro home!
Bloody brilliant!! Bravo!!!
I feel like its gonna give me a CAT scan.
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent Work!!!
This is the ultimate off-grid living! No propane or anything! I'm so impressed, it's the best sustainable tiny home I've seen this year, and I've seen so many! From the quality of the materials and finihs I'm guessing it's at least 50000 euro, right?
I always wandered seen a ecocapsule on the channel, it was a great video, hope one day seeing the nakagin capsule tower again with a full living experience
I feel like this will be a great think as it develops in the future and it becomes more price friendly i believe this will help people become more sustainable and independent anywhere in the world. Its a Fantastic idea.
I love it great job 👏🏼
Very Sci-fi. Super awesome. I guess If you were super rich i'd want it in my garden.
~"It's windy today so maybe we get to cook"🤔
Perfectly illustrating why renewables can't save us from global warming.
10:26 "It's a little windy today which is great because the batteries are being charged, so we are going to be able to cook in the afternoon"
@@PistonAvatarGuy I wouldn't say that. Renewables and storage scale to a grid level that is cheaper than fossil fuels without the same subsidies that fossil generation gets. This pod just has some design issues.
@@drewcipher896 "Renewables and storage scale to a grid level that is cheaper than fossil fuels..."
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No, they absolutely do not, renewables are only cheap as long as they have conventional baseload energy sources backing them up and peaker plants (typically burning natural gas) managing their variability. No one has any idea how to solve the problems of cost and the extremely high resource requirements which exist with renewable energy storage systems. Nuclear is the only energy source which would allow us to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels.
@@PistonAvatarGuy Renewables are much more than wind and solar. Fyi.
I've seen a capsule home made in Japan intended for tsunami and floods. I love it coz nowadays flooding all over the world is common due to climate change. If I have money I will have to buy 1 in case there's tsunami.
Very cool looking.
Wonderful!
i love this !
Eggcellent design!
Brilliant use of space ☺️
Perfect solution to shelter for the homeless too.
Perfect? It cost more than many houses!
Love this
No screens on the windows? I’m sure mosquitoes will love this egg.
I would like it to be bigger, this is a great idea.
That's what she said.
Just get two of them.
Amazing idea. They should make 3 different model and sizes for customers to pick.
If the capsule's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'
😂😂😂
I don't think it'd rock (physically), not with 4 independent legs. That could lead to some awkward situations through..
Ideas like this need to be applied to the global housing crisis.
Well.. Much of the Yatch makers have such great space and energy saving ideas and they implement it too. It does looks promising and a good job. But, if I had to use it. I would use it like my private office. Put your office anywhere you want and work in peace. But at the end of the day or two, would like to go back home so that i can cook amd eat well. Wash my clothes and odf course..meet my family.. For a couple of days of work this is more than excellent.
Love these new thumbnails.
I love the design, but it's so cost prohibitive - especially considering you can buy a similar sized travel trailer for 1/5th of the price.
Only looks good....how to repair as everything is customized. Not a solution to affordability or sustainably
When it comes way down in price it may catch on and alot more people might buy them. I think it's a pretty nice idea.
i can see this becoming very common on airbnb
[edit] never mind i just saw the price tag
I would love to see a black water processor that's basically a freeze fryer that sublimates the water out of feces and reduces the solid waste into a dry powder.
The separette basically desiccates the solid waste, though I think it adds composting medium such as sawdust in the process. But there is not much left of it after it's dried, solid waste is about 99% water. I think the freeze fry would be more expensive than the composting model, which is not smelly.
There are incinerator toilets that basically burn everything, leaving only ashes supposedly.
These are totally cool
I hope it comes with an anchor, when high tide comes in on the beach :)
Dont worry pebbles roll and are waterproof!
Why would you build a structure that has a black water tank but there's no wheels to drive it somewhere to empty it????
1. So you contain the black water in a safe, non-polluting container until you can empty it via pump/siphon/gravity into an external container to dispose of the contents correctly.
2. If you can’t figure that one out for yourself, this isn’t for you - stay at home.
Airsoft World Ltd You speak as if you’re a genius but in reality he has a point. Think about it from a practicality standpoint. This is designed to be air-dropped in remote areas. Who is going to come siphon your black water?
Polly Monopoly So what is your suggestion? Instead of throwing blind negative statements around, come up with a solution :). The point is, regardless of where you are going to put the capsule, you can’t simply leak sewage into the surrounding environment. So you may want to build a cheap and effective reed bed filtration system, pipe it into a methane biodigester, or wear a spacesuit so you can shit your pants and take it home with you.....or ask for it to be built without the effluent tank.
@@airsoftworldltd6846 think she said it's a separating toilet so you are collecting solids in a bag. Don't think you can generate methane from piss.
You could filter water in situ. That's the whole point of eco design.
I love innovation, this is definitely that!
Classy!
finally something from my country ;)
Increíble!
Great. I hope to see a video about the Double Ring house, presented few days ago...
Love to see the design that won the design competition they entered.
You seem nice I applaud your efforts
You'd love my minimalist neighbors , I don't mind assisting them, however
"More dollars than cents"
Enjoyed your vid.
Looks cool but very skeptical about the "eco" part. Looks like a toy for the richest. I mean, if i want to actual live in such a pod i would prefer a used shipping container which is retro-fitted.
Cool!
Amazing design! I want one!!!! Or two....
I love it. I can’t find anything minimalistic and stylish in the US.
bravo bravo bravo it's very good❤❤❤👏👏👏
I had a caravan like this, tiny but spacious. If they make it a bit bigger I'm in.
Eggcellent!
No WHEELS ?? Damn they miss out on a big market there xD
Little pebbles . Cool.
Everything essential fits..except a fridge..but you can bring in a cooler...with a cooker and complete toilet en bath is a luxury 🙂
I think there will be muvh need for this type of living arrangement in the near future
I want to spend the night in one. it did look like there were water pressure issues.
I think this would be great with wheels. It's more aerodynamic than alot of the campers in 'murica. I wish more technology was aimed at setting us free.
I need one...😊😊❤❤
I remember reading about this. Never knew was for a client just thought was a concept that I wish was being built. Awesome stuff glad to see it’s and actually thing
These remind me of Akira Toriyama's dome homes from Dragonball.
I would call mine the 'Jetson',I really like how the design would fit perfect in Orbit City.
I WANT ONE!
WOW !!!!!!!!!!
I love the design and concept. The one thing that bothers me tho is there isn’t a pullout surface to chop/prep food. That would irritate me haha
I guess you'd have to compromise on that. You would probably have to do that on the working table.
How do they empty the gray water tank or refill the water tank for that unit that is on top of the roof? 🤔
Everyone should have one
Too small for me.
@@ChrisPage68 Everyone than is minimalist
Something from Slovakia. At last ...
🐣
Looked for this comment.
Godspeed, neighbours, and greetings from Ukraine!
🇺🇦🤝🇸🇰
Tomas Zacek sounds like a Czech name. Maybe it's something from Czechoslovakia?
@@pepperpepperpepper yeah that finneshed in 1993 ...
@@mato1943 I was joking, and forgot to include the smiley face :) Still, it sounds like a collaboration of a Czech and a Slovak designer.
I hope some day smart awesome design becomes affordable and practical to the average working class. This product is purely for the tourism market A. K. A short term vacay airbnb rental. But even then, for 100k, I can renovate and rent 10 caravans which would provide a much healthier ROI. Nevertheless, Kudos to the Slovaks for getting ideas of their drawing board!
Love it! 2000 years from now, humans at that time will find one of these and think it's a UFO
No, it already looks like one and nothing like an egg!! Who do they think they are trying to con?? Are most TH-cam viewers just people who have never seen an egg??
Suggestion. I would like one capsule to be just kitchen other just for sleeping. It will be great.if we can connect Ecocapsule .So for example second Ecocapsule can be used as power back up.On window and door i dont see any netting for bugs?I wonder.How will perform on Hail Storm and -30C in winter.I live in Canada.I will probably buy 2 on set up i mention.If they drop a price.right now for 100K i can buy a land and RV.Thank you Kristena for great video
*Transporting the pod with a helicopter* voice over: "it can be shipped anywere over the world for quite small money" CHECK, helicopter transport can be cheap...
Well, if you look at the price i think a helicopter transport is cheap xD
They should be giving them to the poor and homeless in Egypt, California and New York.
A caravan without wheels? Very innovative...
For a sturdy disaster shelter I love the self contained function.
Egg shape should 'shed' strong winds (dismounted wind turbine). Heavy eye bolts could allow anchoring to resist strong winds given a secure footing. The water is pumped & discarded? (grey & black tanks??) Composting toilet?
No refrigeration in the kitchen & no 6' standing room inside but, seems like you could be comfortable. Sit down shower is better than no shower. How much does it weigh with empty water tanks?
I think I read this it somewhere:
4,200 lbs with water tank full
2,700 lbs with water tank empty
It’s an RV with solar. I’ve been living 100% off-grid in a 8k truck camper with 400W of solar and two Battle Born batteries for 5 years. Cute but expensive.
Maybe if it were just a little less micro it would be better but it looks really promising if you ask me!
$90,000? lol
I think with most people, storage space would run out very quickly with this. The kitchen alone is not as good as the kitchen in a small van build. I think if you were a single person picking crops, using it as a hotel room, or that sort of thing it would be okay. Temporary only for most people. Hopefully.
As far as I know, the US is already using shipping containers in places like the arctic circle. They look more spacious than this.
It was nice to hear Russian accents, I enjoyed it for some reason.
It's a Canadian Boler, without wheels. Make it towable, and floatable with a solar powered inboard motor, and you'd sell millions of them!
It needs to be Car+Ecocapsule
The Front part needs to be a Convertible Car and the whole thing on Wheels
The fact you have to rely on another machine to move it around makes it little bit behind the times
If it can be hauled by a Motorcycle, it would equally be more usable
Nevertheless, it is a very useful structure in nature
I congratulate you on this Excellent product.
Its nice...i remember a chocolate shapes...when i was a little girl..or a football shape i think its fun😍
If the price goes down and water comfort a little up (although that can always be arranged I think), it would almost be a no-brainer to install a few of these on my future land to rent out to tourists.