Solaleya is the U.S. exclusive distributor of Domespace homes.
Built throughout the world since 1989, these amazing structures have proven many of their unique advantages :
- Hurricane and Earthquake resistance.
- tremendous Energy Efficiency through optimized passive solar gain.
- Balanced Habitat (humidity, temperature, no chemicals,…)
- We provide our customers with all necessary prefabricated materials and a competent building crew under our expert’s supervision to put their future homes together in less than 3 months.
- All materials used for the main structure (arches) are FSC certified and the house upholds EPA & DOE energy star requirements.
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It’s a cool design, …
It’s a cool design, but it’s not practical.
How do they produce …
How do they produce electricity?? Near the house I did not see some cables and so one….
hmm untreated wood? …
hmm untreated wood?
I wonder how they deal with bora (spelling sucks) and stuff
and get it non-rotting.. must be the type of wood used I guess? .. Or is there some natural solution?
In the winter the …
In the winter the floor would be cold, or, the house would require enormous amounts of heating over night. Humidity is reduced by removing excess moisture from the air, this could not be done in this house without enormous energy expenditures. You can do it very cheaply using earth-coupled heat exchangers.
There is always a …
There is always a north side to the house, and sometimes its the rooms you are occuping so there is more thermal loss. There is no thermal mass in the house, so you do not have any retention of solar gain during the day to radiate at night. The foundation does not gain any moderating effect from the earth because it is raised above and likely insulated from.
I don’t understand …
I don’t understand your comments… The house apprently let’s you take the orientation you desire to maximize passive solar energy (heat) for your bedroom then for your living room or any room you want to spend time in. Seems pretty good to me.
The foundation also looks like it is causing much less disruption of the parcel that a traditional house. Also the fact that it is raised from the ground must tremendously reduce humidity in the home. Great et….
Ridiculous! Lose …
Ridiculous! Lose all the benefits of earth berming, ambient earth temperature, and Annualized Geo-Solar heating and cooling, just to rotate to keep the sun on one side of the house? Build a passive solar. What a disastrous understanding of the problem, and an unnecessary waste of energy and resources.
i want one!!!!
i want one!!!!
i want to build …
i want to build this ufo