Cob: Re: Stayin cool in Georgia

[goshawk at gnat.net]

Just a note on the temperature difference inside my dome vs outside,
I have found that the temperature difference during the hottest time of day is about 10 degrees 
cooler inside my dome. 

The dome has 12 + inch thick earth walls, with a ferro-cement cap/top/roof, non-insulated, but 
coated with cool seal. It got 90 + yesterday and it was about 80 degrees inside the dome.

The sun never hits the dome walls due to my outer roof, Plus I have just dirt floors at the moment, 
thus I'm quite thermo-coupled to the earth.  
Yet quite a bit of light inside the dome with the single sky light at the top of the dome.


Pat 
Pat Newberry
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