[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Smart house designs

[Lawrence Lile]

I went with an earth berm as well.  We have plenty of soil, but I am on a slightly North facing hill, so tucking the house down wasn't an option.  The earth berm and the slab-on-grade still accomplish the same thing as the traditional earth contact structure.  
 
-Lawrence Lile

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From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org on behalf of Speireag Alden
Sent: Sat 7/21/2007 9:36 PM
To: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] Smart house designs



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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