Today’s topic is Earth Sheltered Homes

My guest today are Tom Worley with North Texas Basements and Jean Gibson, Vive President of Gibson Home Builders, Inc.

Earth sheltering is the architectural practice of using earth against building walls for external thermal mass, to reduce heat loss, and to easily maintain a steady indoor air temperature. Earth sheltering is popular in modern times among advocates of passive solar and sustainable architecture, but has been around for nearly as long as humans have been constructing their own shelter.