-The Gyreum is utilizing a reed bed system as a filter for treating both its gray water and sewerage water.
-The Gyreum has a composting and wormery
-The Gyreum has an eco toilet
-The Gyreum utilizes geothermal heating
for water
The Gyreum has passive solar
-This fall there will be the building of two wind turbines 10 meters high (blades will be 3.6 meters and 2 meters respectively). This will provide non-reliance on the energy grid and hopefully surplus to return in to the grid.
-Solar - gathering radiators on south face
of roof with insulated glass panels. Heating of water previous to its passing
through the geothermal heat pump
-The Gyreum has a recycling policy
in place
-The building is aerodynamically designed
-The building makes use of the wool
of sheep and recycled fiberglass insulation
reed bed filtering system
sheep wool was used for insulation
eco toilet
