I've noticed, when I lived in different houses, that rooms facing the sun 70% of the day received way more heat than that of rooms facing opposite. Later I learned that this is a simple and er... obvious thing to conclude, because the sun beat on that surface for far longer than the one opposite. This also allowed about two hours of passive heat keeping the room warm during the night, even when the air was circulating.
So that got me thinking about how I would go about building my Dome Home, a design for a house which I discovered to be vastly superior to more traditional ones, but also requires a lot of forward planning and careful construction(once the 'earth glue' is in place, there's no turning back!).
The design for my future home will have some semblance to this floor plan:
Though the model I saw on YouTube was a bit smaller than I really want my house to be. It will probably be as much as 1300 square feet. With
enough upper room for a second floor.
Not exactly a tiny home, but this is going to be more or less the type of house I plan to grow old and die in, and probably give to any progeny I would leave in my wake. The dome design and fireproof materials would yield a very simple to maintain but highly effective dwelling space that could feasibly accommodate an entire family and provide maximum protection from the elements, and other possible threats. I plan to incorporate modern architecture with ancient techniques, either building directly inside a forest or at the edge of one.
Along with this dome design, I intend to have
Solar Energy being harnessed in as many ways as possible. This means either a
solar farm adjacent to the structure, and/or solar panels built-in directly on top of it. Also, I take advantage of the proper cardinal alignment with the sun to provide proper lighting in the house, as well as adequate heat during the cold days,
should I desire it(I handle below 30'F surprisingly well. Probably my hairy legs...).
The roof of the core structure, I'm thinking, could have a grid of windows passing over where the sun should arc over the sky, or at least as accurate to the sun's path as possible, to provide the kind of lighting I would need. I can't draw it up that fast, but imagine a dome with a slice of windows arcing around it, facing where the sun passes the most at an angle. Or an icecream scoop with a different flavour arcing in a thin slice with the round curvature.
With this arc of windows will also come four to six steel reflective blinds, for when we don't need that much light/heat.
My main question is: Does this make sense to people who are a lot more familiar with solar techniques than I am?
Thank you