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How to Calculate Monolithic Dome Heating
According to Monolithic Dome Institute’s calculations, a monolithic dome only needs about 1/4 of the normal heating requirements for a regular stick framed house. To calculate how many BTUs a normal stick framed house needs, you multiply each of the rooms and add them up like this:
length x width x height x 4,
and this gives [...]
Monolithic Dome Layout Tips, 2
Once you figure out which rooms you want the sun to enter at which time of day, it is time to talk a bit about the layout of the rooms inside your monolithic dome. The first thing you have to decide is whether you are going to have one or two floors. Some people argue [...]