[Greenbuilding] Smart house designs

[Speireag Alden]

Sgrìobh Ian Remmler:

>I've thought about earth sheltering, but around here we have
>about six inches of soil, then solid limestone, so it probably
>wouldn't be too feasible.  So, no basement either.

     Don't discard earth-berming out-of-hand.  The bedrock where we 
built is five feet down, so we built a berm on the north side.

-Speireag.

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