Dome Home Heating and Cooling
New open source earthbag construction heating and cooling resource based on our research and thermal engineering calculations:http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/earthbag-village-heating-and-cooling/
"Suggestions and options on what is the best approach vary and can be affected dramatically based on the environment a person is building in. For areas that are consistently cold, with a quality internal heating system, a person would do well with a solid earth-filled earthbag wall that has an external insulating layer. This would provide thermal mass on the inside and a barrier to that thermal mass losing it’s heat to the outside. In areas that are consistently hot, however, this external insulation approach could create environments that warm up and are difficult to cool again, so building deeper in the ground and eliminating insulation would be a better approach..."
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