About Us

The Ozone Hole Organization is a 501-(3)(C) nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing the destruction of the Ozone Layer and the preservation of Earth's Environment by educating the public on the importance of these issues. 

The Ozone Hole Organization maintains two websites,

http://www.theozonehole.com

and

http://www.solcomhouse.com

that are internationally known and respected as two of the leading environmental educational destinations by scientists and educators worldwide. Last year 2.3 million people visited the sites- People from all 50 states and 197 countries.

Students, Teachers, Governments, and Scientists globally use our website and materials as educational tools.

The Ozone Hole Organization won a Montreal Protocol 20th Anniversary Public Awareness Award from The United Nations.

 Marco Gonzalez -Charles Welch -Achim Steiner

The Ozone Hole Organization won a 2006 Environmental Protection Agency Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award which was presented May 17,2006 in Washington, D.C. 

Here is the descriptive from The EPA website-

“The Ozone Hole, Inc.-For Leadership in Protecting the Ozone Layer through Education and Motivating Change”

The Ozone Hole is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the ozone layer, the climate and Earth’s environment by educating and motivating the public through its internationally respected website, http://www.theozonehole.com . Leading Internet search engines rank The Ozone Hole website as the top destination for information on ozone-related subjects. One particularly laudable feature of The Ozone Hole website is their “Ask the Scientist Program” where leading researchers and scientists answer questions submitted by students and the general public about ozone depletion and atmospheric science.”

http://www.epa.gov/ozone/awards/winners.html

Socrates (470-399 B.C.)

Now in the houses with a south aspect, the Sun’s rays penetrate into the porticoes in the winter, but in summer the path of the Sun is right over our heads and above the roof so that there is shade If, then, this is the best arrangement we should build the south side loftier to get the winter sun and the north side lower to keep out the cold winds

-Socrates as quoted by Xenophonin in Memorabilia

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"If Man is to survive, he will have learned to take delight in the essential difference between people and cultures"-Gene Roddenberry

Geomancy- the power of the Earth

Geomancy is the power that resides in the earth itself. Many ancient cultures had beliefs that adhere to this and their architecture reflected it.

Mayan Earth Symbol

Buildings are improved when their design defers to an order of the earth greater than the building itself. Solar energy is not a new concept , but an ancient one whose time is now. Our planet has limited resources that are being misused on an ongoing basis. Before Man harnessed the many forms of fossil fuels to heat and cool, design and location was a greater concern. Today the concern is how many houses can be squeezed onto a plot of land with no consideration of the natural resource that is available to all... The Sun. We will enable the people to acquire the power of knowledge and the power of the Sun, the power for the people. 

Aztec Sun Symbol

By using a passive solar design a home owner can save on average 60% of their energy costs with no additional cost in construction. Add an active photovoltaic system and the energy cost goes almost to zero. There is no meter attached to the sun.....it is FREE  power for the people! 

ZIA Native American Sun Symbol

The Solar Opportunity 

 The people of the Earth have a reliance on fossil fuels, natural gas, coal and oil, that are harmful to the environment. Conventional energy sources - oil, coal, natural gas, and nuclear power - are accompanied by problems of air and water pollution, resource depletion, and the greenhouse effect, all of which are becoming increasingly unacceptable and unaffordable. We have a tremendous opportunity in harnessing the power for the people from The Sun.

Our Mission

The solcomhouse website provides information to everyone on how to do your part to save the planet . The Goals of solcomhouse are to provide the people of the world housing that is in sync and in harmony with the environment.

solcomhouse provides information on numerous environmental issues, such as solar energy, rainforests, coral reefs, ozone, global warming, endangered species, recycling, and things you can do to save the environment.

 solcomhouse can build a house that will save 70% of energy costs with no additional building costs just by design and placement. With a photovoltaic system added the house will be energy self sufficient.

Our name solcomhouse is a combination of the following words:

  solar computer house

 We will enable the people to acquire the power of knowledge and the power of the Sun, the power for the people. All of our projects will incorporate the following:  

RECYCLED PRODUCTS- ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN- STEEL FRAMING-

ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES- PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEM- COMPUTER CONNECTED-

INTERNET ACCESS-PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN

Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde

Through most of history people considered the power of the sun when designing buildings. After the industrial revolution the practice of utilizing the sun was abandoned.

Past societies such as the Greek, Roman, Native American, Celtic all revered the sun and put its thermal - or heat - energy to work. Ancient cities were positioned to use the sun for it's warmth in the winter, and to be shaded from the heat in the summer.

Native Americans developed and refined many building forms and construction methods that we can learn from today.

Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde

  The Anasazi of the southwest created houses that through their design stayed warm in the winter and yet cool in their hot desert summers. At the ancient Indian sites of Mesa Verde and Pueblo Bonito,"pretty village" in Spanish, the ruins reveal houses ingeniously laid out to maximize their solar energy gain by following the cycles and angles of the sun. 

Pueblo Bonito

The Ancient Romans and Greeks both had their own "energy crisis" in the b.c. time period.

  They used all of the wood surrounding their cities and did not plan ahead by planting more trees. They had to get wood from far away sources. The ancient Greeks planned whole cities in Greece and Asia Minor such as Priene, to allow every homeowner access to sunlight during winter to warm their homes. By running the streets in a checkerboard pattern running east-west and north-south pattern every home could face south, permitting the winter sun to flow into the house throughout the day.

Map of Priene

Roman bath houses in the first to fourth centuries A.D. had large south-facing windows to let in the sun's warmth.

The Baths of Caracalla

The Roman Empire had solar access laws, and the Doctrine of Ancient Lights protected landowners' rights to light in nineteenth-century Britain. Several dozen U.S. communities adopted solar access regulations in the 1970s and early 1980s in response to the energy crisis.

Queens, NY - Inner-city row housing with burned-out buildings

 We have another thing in common with these great cultures-when their main cultural centers fell into decay it was the down fall of both the Greek and Roman civilizations. That is what has happened to our major cities-population and business has left for the suburbs. Our culture has lost its sense of community and belonging. We will build solcomhouse in the "brown areas"-sites where factories and industry are now vacant and abandoned dilapidated home areas of major cities. Philadelphia alone has roughly 27,000 abandoned homes and 16,000 vacant lots 

Queens, NY - Burned out row houses

The people that live in these neighborhoods now have a  second class citizenship standard. In effect the computer technology revolution is putting into place a technological segregation based on color and income levels. 

We will build a home that will be in harmony with nature and the environment. solcomhouse will harness  the power of the Sun. solcomhouse will be connected to the internet and provide the power for the people.       The Internet Age and The People      

The Internet Revolution is bypassing the poor and minorities and those that live in rural communities and inner cities in the United States and around the world. 

The gap between people who have access to the internet and those that don't is getting increasingly wider day by day. This gap is clearly between racial and income levels. Minorities, low-income persons, the less educated, and children of single-parent households, particularly when they reside in rural areas or central cities, are among the groups that lack access to information resources. Knowledge is power and a vast portion of our nation has no access to it. 

 To be connected today increasingly means to have access to telephones, computers, and the Internet. While these items may not be necessary for survival, arguably in today's emerging digital economy they are necessary for success. solcomhouse will harness the power of the Sun. solcomhouse will be connected to the internet and provide the power for the people.  The goal of solcomhouse is to use these principles and meld them with the technology that is available to enhance the quality of life for the people and the world.  solcomhouse will  provide housing that gives the people of the world housing that is in sync and in harmony with the environment.  solcomhouse will provide the power for the people.

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

                                                                                       - Gil Scott Heron

Data compiled from The British Antarctic Study, NASA, Environment Canada, UNEP, EPA and other sources as stated and credited  Researched by Charles Welch-Updated dailyThis Website is a project of the The Ozone Hole Inc. a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization