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Veteran coder builds stone-covered Dome Home into Texas hill

Veteran coder builds stone-covered Dome Home into Texas hill

November 5, 2023 john 19 56093 24:49

Al Schwarz wanted a home with low energy bills and protection from extreme weather so he dug into a hillside, inserted cement domes and buried them again with enough earth and rock to guarantee protection. He spent 10 years stacking 230 tons of rock as a retaining wall and planting grass and trees atop the…

Blogger builds efficient, off-grid Passive House in Colorado

Blogger builds efficient, off-grid Passive House in Colorado

September 25, 2017 john 19 1727276 20:14

Twenty years ago Andrew Michler bought a $60,000 solar shack in the Colorado mountains that “immediately fell apart” and inspired two decades of experiments in off-grid living. Today, he and his wife live in the reconfigured shack and he has turned a former shed on the property into an ultra low-consuming Passive House (Passivhaus). “Passive…