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* [http://www.underground-homes.com/ Underground Homes] | * [http://www.underground-homes.com/ Underground Homes] | ||
* [http://www.subsurfacebuildings.com SubsurfaceBuildings.com] | * [http://www.subsurfacebuildings.com SubsurfaceBuildings.com] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://williamlishman.com/underground-architecture/ Bill Lishman's underground domes], also [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/bill-lishmans-underground-dome-home.php featured on Treehugger]; built with [[ferrocement]] and then reburied. | ||
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_living Underground Living] | * Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_living Underground Living] | ||
* [http://www.culturalconservers.org/library/171-180-earth-sheltered-housing.pdf "Earth-Sheltered Housing"], Washington Energy Extension Service (1984) | * [http://www.culturalconservers.org/library/171-180-earth-sheltered-housing.pdf "Earth-Sheltered Housing"], Washington Energy Extension Service (1984) | ||
* [http://www.undergroundhomesgazette.com/ Underground Homes Gazette] Articles and info about underground and earth sheltered housing. | * [http://www.undergroundhomesgazette.com/ Underground Homes Gazette] Articles and info about underground and earth sheltered housing. | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 28 February 2016
Main > Housing and construction
"In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit.
Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell,
nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or eat:
it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
Please see the page for Malcolm Wells for one architect's underground houses.
Underground homes have several advantages over homes built above the ground:
- There is no need to lay a foundation, which saves a huge amount of labour and material
- The walls are earth, so that saves a lot more building material
- The thermal mass effect of the earth stabilizes the temperature. Earth cools and heats more slowly than the surrounding air. If you dig 2m (6 foot 6 inches) into the ground, the temperature is always - day and night, summer and winter - steady at that climate's average. A well-designed underground home should need no energy for heating or cooling
- They are easy to build.
- They are unaffected by wind, hail and hurricanes
- Pipes are not exposed to atmospheric temperature and don't freeze
- They require little maintenance
- They are soundproof and relatively fireproof
- It can be complemented with a greenhouse that takes advantage of the heat already there (e.g. greenhouse-facing kitchen)
Greenhouses in cold climates must retain moderate temperatures for year-round growing, therefore underground greenhouses are useful for temperature stabilization.
Pictures: [1], [2], Ziggurat-type
![[1]](http://www.norishouse.com/PAHS/images/image008.jpg){kind=link}
![[2]](http://www.papillonsartpalace.com/HOME_STEIGER__OTHER_TRACTORS_ON_ROOF_OF_EARTH_SHELTERED_TECH_HOME.jpg){kind=link}
Mike Oehler's methods
Information about Mike Oehler's methods was removed after OSE received a Cease and Desist letter from the author based on copyright. -MJ 2/17/15
Linkfest
- Performance Building Systems, Inc.
- Underground Homes
- SubsurfaceBuildings.com
- Bill Lishman's underground domes, also featured on Treehugger; built with ferrocement and then reburied.
- Wikipedia: Underground Living
- "Earth-Sheltered Housing", Washington Energy Extension Service (1984)
- Underground Homes Gazette Articles and info about underground and earth sheltered housing.