While surfing today I came across this article about Edward B. Dilley Sr. He is the 57-year old man who has created what he calls the “Bio-Home.”
Since my prior post, A Foam Dome Home, he has updated the site there. He enjoys his closed housing system where he pays no electric bill, recycles his own water, grows his own food, generates his own power, and also purifies his own air. Mr. Dilley enjoys a lifestyle that allows him to live totally off the grid. Be sure to check out this report to see what the founder has added to his biodome. He has all the comforts of home in a very green way.
If you are not quite so sure about going totally off the grid, or perhaps you want something that seems a little more homey then look what I found at Pink Tentacle. These homes offer both beauty and style at an affordable price, starting at about $30,000. If you are looking for more space, it is possible to construct larger, elongated domes by adding more pieces, and joint units that allow multiple domes to be connected into a single structure.
For the traditional person, or to find a contractor in your area to build a dome home that is more the R . Buckminister Fuller type that I lived in, consult your yellow pages in your area.
Here is a little dome history for your information. Man has always been looking for and experimented with designs and materials towards the goal of doing more with less. No man in recent history has done more to advance this goal than R. Buckminister Fuller; philosopher, mathematician, engineer, historian, poet and inventor of the geodesic dome design.
The world took little notice back in 1951, when Mr. Fuller first applied for patents on geodesic domes. Today geodesic domes are recognized as the most efficient building system known to man. Adapting the dome to the single family, wood frame dwelling unit has, until recently, been inhibited by a general lack of technical design information, standardized dome building components, and experienced dome home builders. With the recent widespread manufacturing of standardized and experienced dome home builder and distributor networks that have been established nation wide, dome home construction is a now a practical reality almost anywhere in the U.S. or Worldwide.
Dome homes are an economical, beautiful, and comfortable way to live and go green. They have also been known to do well in areas that experience extreme weather, due to their eco-friendly design.
