#WATWB – Sustainable House that doesn’t need Government Support

Can you imagine living in a city and not taking any services from the Corporation where you live? Electricity, Water, or Gas is not required for you to live in that house – it looks unimaginable and undoable, right? But there is one man in Chennai who proves you wrong by living in a sustainable house that doesn’t need government support to provide him with any amenities.

He generated his own Electricity, Gas and even started generating his own water from thin air. Unbelievable, isn’t it? Yes, it takes me great pride to introduce you all to Mr. Suresh (better known as Solar Suresh) from Chennai. He lives in a busy residential area in Chennai.

But he has installed a Solar substation on his rooftop, which generates 12-16 units per day, which lights up all his electric appliances, including A/C and freezers. He lives in an independent house in Kilpauk area in Chennai. Using the solar energy generated, he is able to power up 2 AC units, one refrigerator, 23 lights, and 15 fans. Can you believe this?

After he had attained sustainability in the Energy sector by 2015, he started working on Rain Water Harvesting, and he uses all the rainwater that falls within the boundaries of his house.   He doesn’t have a metro water connection nor gets the water tankers from outside. All his water needs are met with this simple installation at home.

Biogas plant on the left and Rain Water Harvesting on the Right side

Next, he moved on to generating biogas based on the kitchen waste available at his home. He uses not only his kitchen waste but also the waste from the nearby vegetable vendors and saves them the trouble of waste disposal. He generates the gas required for his daily cooking using all these waste materials.  The byproduct from the biogas plant is used as manure for his Organic terrace garden. He grows all the vegetables that are needed for his consumption on his terrace garden.

He started working on the technology that generates water out of the Air. According to him, this machine costs him around 40,000 INR for the installation and generates 25 liters of water daily. Don’t you all think that this is the much-needed instrument for a water-starved city like Chennai?

Please watch his interview with Chinmayi on youtube to know about his sustainable house that doesn’t need government support better

Author’s Note: The salient points of this blog have been obtained from the articles in Hindu and Wikipedia. Many blogs have been published about him to spread awareness about his Zero dependency lifestyle. So these facts would have been reiterated in other blogs too.

This is part of my Positive Humans series. I have been writing about people who are an inspiration, and motivation with their attitude of gratitude and ever-helping nature.  

3 Comments

  1. What a very persistent and resourceful man. Thanks for sharing.

    1. Thank you Simon. Yes he is a very persistent man and ensures that he doesn’t depend on somebody else for any thing

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