Hmmm, tents may help the bug out (or driven out) refugees of the future, but it's not ideal for surviving temperature extremes. I hope that your research on passive solar principles as applied to SMALL houses (the average global house if 750 sq feet whereas the average American house is 2100 sq ft) that may also have at least partially earth sheltered principles (think thermal mass). Thank you for your work. Even though it's impossible to measure the good of your information, no doubt it will save or extend lives some day.
Yes, very short term solution. This is part of a scout curriculum, and I will at least give a brief overview of some more longer term ideas, like Yurts and such. But I’d also like to discuss sustainable permanent living spaces at some point. I need to do more homework on that topic.
A good place to start might be the archives of the Underground Space Center which used to be at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Sadly it went defunct in a reorganization some years back but not before it influenced the building the Civil Engineering Lab, Johnson Bookstore and the West Bank Library Archive building (you can Google Image search for pictures). But the treasure trove of information is available here, just contact the email on this linked page: https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/archival_objects/290448 Happy hunting!
One thing I will include in the final guide on shelters about tents is an additional section about the use of wood burning stoves in tents; and discuss gable designs as well.
Hmmm, tents may help the bug out (or driven out) refugees of the future, but it's not ideal for surviving temperature extremes. I hope that your research on passive solar principles as applied to SMALL houses (the average global house if 750 sq feet whereas the average American house is 2100 sq ft) that may also have at least partially earth sheltered principles (think thermal mass). Thank you for your work. Even though it's impossible to measure the good of your information, no doubt it will save or extend lives some day.
Yes, very short term solution. This is part of a scout curriculum, and I will at least give a brief overview of some more longer term ideas, like Yurts and such. But I’d also like to discuss sustainable permanent living spaces at some point. I need to do more homework on that topic.
A good place to start might be the archives of the Underground Space Center which used to be at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Sadly it went defunct in a reorganization some years back but not before it influenced the building the Civil Engineering Lab, Johnson Bookstore and the West Bank Library Archive building (you can Google Image search for pictures). But the treasure trove of information is available here, just contact the email on this linked page: https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/archival_objects/290448 Happy hunting!
I found another source of ideas on the Engineering 4 Change dot org website: https://www.engineeringforchange.org/?s=earth+sheltered
Excellent. Thank you for adding these. Very useful in my research.
I’ve camped in tentsand made improvised shelter for many years… I’m glad to see you provide so much useful info and without any branding!!
One thing I will include in the final guide on shelters about tents is an additional section about the use of wood burning stoves in tents; and discuss gable designs as well.