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Last Updated: Friday, October 15th, 1999, Created: Friday, October 15th, 1999

ARE EARTH-SHELTERED HOUSES PRACTICAL IN CANADA?

Although some experimentation with earth sheltering (burying part of the house underground) is going on in Canada, our soil conditions and frost penetrations make this type of insulation uneconomical. Most earth-sheltered homes are found in the middle and southern areas of the US, where it is used more from summer cooling than for winter heating.

Keywords: Alternative, Environmental, Insulation

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