Wishing there was a better place to discuss building (and how to make a lifestyle around) energy- efficient (superinsulated, passive solar) homes. Can’t find my people, builders don’t care, and there’s no real place to go.
And yeah, I’ve looked into Earthships, but I don’t want to live in the desert and given I just spent a bunch on a radon mitigation system, I don’t want to build one. Partially underground is neat, but it’d need radon mitigation from the start.
Instead, I’ll likely build a climate-battery passive solar greenhouse that will look a lot like a little Earthship, but will be concerned with growing food in the winter. https://youtu.be/kDJ7E5SdBZ0
@mathiasx I’m into those things and am currently working on my house too. Been through a lot of planning and compromise. Have done a complete 180 from my initial plans and what started small, has ended up being a giant multigenerational house. Radon isn’t hard to mitigate if you plan for it. We’re doing ICF(Fox Blocks) and for years I thought they were too expensive. When I factored ALL the costs in and saw my friend build one, I was sold.
