House Construction:
How It All Works

These pages describe the construction of earth homes like the Potters', and explain the principles behind their operation.

Sections

The goal: through the use of the sun's heat, the mass of the house's walls and floor, and the temperature of the earth, to maintain the internal temperature of the house at a comfortable level.

Active and passive collection of heat.

The windows: differences in the fall of sunlight between the summer and winter.

Walls: the shape.

Walls: the thickness.

Walls: regulators of temperature.

Water systems: the principles.

Water systems: the planters.

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