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Taos Earthship

Earthship Biotecture keeps buildings warm by interfacing with the sun and the earth. Solar gain, or heat from the sun enters the building through windows facing south or north in the southern hemisphere. The heat from the sun gets absorbed by the walls and floors of the building. The walls and floors must be an earth-type material like stone or mud or earth to absorb and hold the heat. Earth-type materials have thermal mass, which can absorb and "store" temperature like a battery. The walls of an Earthship are made of rammed earth in recycled automobile tires. Highly compacted earth holds temperature very well. At night, the air temperature in the room(s) drops causing the heat stored in the walls and floors to move out into the room. This is a law of physics, heat moves to cold. This absorption and release of temperature by thermal mass keeps the building warm when it is cold/cool outside.

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