Space huts
Link to QuickTime VR
"You can rent one of these igloos.  They're actually hotel rooms that belong to the Hotel Arctic in Illulilsat ."
           --Mike Boeckman, film distribution manager for the Greatest Places

to view the QuickTime VR, click on the spacehut image or click here .

  Did you know geodesic means "earth-dividing"? These domes can add up to a 30 percent to 50 percent heating and/or cooling savings.

Heating and cooling the home becomes more efficient due to the fact that there are fewer (even no) corners where heat may be trapped, and there is less surface area per square foot of living space = less heat loss.

 

 

 

 

 

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Find out more about geodesic domes from this online resource.

 


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