Dome Homes Made from Inflatable Concrete

Affordable and Eco-Friendly Living

If you've been considering living an off-grid lifestyle, these simple, inexpensive, eco-friendly dome homes called Binishells make great small eco homes. The homes are made from inflatable concrete, and they only cost $3,500 a piece. They would also be great for creating an off-grid eco-village. Based in Beverley Hills, California, the Binishells company believes in making beautiful, natural, and affordable housing with minimum impact on the environment. Binishell structures are possibly one of the most eco-friendly ways you can build. Their dome-like structure is highly-efficient – providing people with a sturdy home that is also very fluid and can easily adapt to any environment. Their natural geometry is easily integrated into the land in which they are planted so much, in fact, that they can be as invisible or as visible as you would like them to be. They can be completely blended into the landscape if you choose to grow grass or other vegetation on top of them, lessening their small environmental footprint even further.

Safe and Versatile Design

Binishells are based on an ancient monolithic design and are safe structures to live within, standing up to earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes simply because they are built with the earth rather than on top of it. The reason why these shell structures are so inexpensive is that they are so easy to construct. They don't require as much labour as traditional housing designs, nor do they need as many building materials to make. The best news is that they don't cost very much to heat or to light, making them the ideal off-grid home. They are so versatile; they're able to suit a variety of lifestyles. The can also be expanded and adapted according to what they are needed for – garages, storage areas, low-cost housing, office buildings, industrial buildings, emergency shelters, retreats, resorts, and even institutional buildings like schools, libraries, and health clinics.

Understanding Off-Grid Living

Off-grid means living off the grid which is the vastly interconnected framework of electrical cables, phone lines, water systems, natural gas, and so on, which hooks into most homes across in the western world. When you go off-grid, you disconnect from the power grid and start using other sources of energy to heat, light, and water your home. The other power sources people turn to when they go off-grid include solar power, wind power, and water power are three of the main ones being explored today, but natural energy sources don't stop there. These Binishell structures are perfect for off-grid living because they are so energy efficient, to begin with.

Energy Efficiency and Natural Comfort

hey work with the thermodynamics of the earth and are therefore cheap and easy to heat in the winter time while staying naturally cool in the summer. Their design also allows for lots of windows and skylights to let natural light flood inside, lessening your need for daytime lighting. They can also completely open up on one side so that you can expand your interior to the great outdoors at any time of the day or night. These types of eco homes could be the way of the future and they could really help us to reduce our footprint here on Earth.