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- Earth sheltered is one of the oldest forms of building. [ 6 ] It is thought that from about 15,000 BC migratory hunters in Europe were using turf and earth to insulate simple round huts that were also sunk into the ground. [ 7 ]
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An earth shelter, also called an earth house, earth bermed house, or underground house, is a structure (usually a house) with earth against the walls, on the roof, or that is entirely buried underground.
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Before the advent of agriculture about 10,000 years ago, the homes we lived in were essentially a part of our inhabited landscape. Our nomadic, hunter and gatherer ancestors mostly made their homes in caves that they found as they followed animals across the lands. Because they moved so frequently, the idea of a permanent dwelling place (a house, i...
As our collective demand for homes, businesses, industries, and other buildings continues to surge in the coming decades, the need for natural resources is inevitably going to grow. Increasing the operational efficiency of homes to achieve net-zero energy status is undoubtedly essential in the sustainability picture. However, the homes we live in a...
Australia
In Coober Pedy, Australia, a small "Outback" town north of Adelaide, over 80 percent of the town's population lives in "dugouts." These dugouts are underground homes carved from the surrounding rock. The town, widely known for its opal mines, is also unbearably hot, with temperatures routinely as high at 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). Decades ago, local miners struggling with the heat experimented with building underground shelters. The natural coolness from the surrounding eart...
Iceland
Earth-sheltered homes were also widely used in areas of the world where timber was hard to come by. In Iceland, a combination of a lack of standing forest and extreme winter temperatures led many people to build "turf homes." These homes, also known as torfbaeir, were made from flat stones, wood, turf, and soil. Icelandic people built these homes with simple wooden or stone frames to hold the turf or sod laid in a herringbone style in two layers to increase insulation. The result was a beauti...
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After the natives were displaced by settlers, earth sheltered homes continued to be popular for the same reasons. The Laura Ingalls Dugout on the banks of Plumb Creek, 1874, MN. In 1874-6, Laura Ingalls (Wilder) lived in a Dugout (before moving to Iowa after three years of crop failure).
While people have lived in earth-sheltered houses throughout history, they were the subject of renewed interest starting in the late 20th century. Earth-sheltered houses date back thousands of years. Surviving structures from past eras can be found in Scotland, France and Iceland, among other places.
Jan 4, 2021 · The history of human housing portrays Earth sheltered homes as dwellings originally developed for shelter, warmth and security for the earliest human dwellers. These buildings which originated as subterranean dugouts have evolved into modern housing options over the years.
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Oct 21, 2015 · When Travis and Ingram explain that they’re building an earth-sheltered house, a type of underground house, most people think that they’ve living in a cave. But it’s not like that. The...
Oct 31, 2012 · Earth sheltered homes were primarily developed for shelter, warmth and security for the earliest human dwellers. Most of the recorded cases of these shelters are found extensively in areas like Asia and Northern Africa.
