Talk:geodesic dome
This is a link to a Geodesic Dome under construction. It is upated almost everyay. It has over 50 photo albums of it beong built an 1000's of pictures. Enjoy it's progress and see what builing one consists of. This is "not" a commercial site.
The Dome is 45 feet wie and 37 feet high. It will withstand a 200 mile an hour winds plus a 10 foot snow load. It is insulate to R54. It uses 1/3 less heat, air conitioning, and material. It runs on geothermal most of the time. It has solar enegy collectors and solar hot water boosters.
It is a good way to lessen the creation of Green House Gasses. We live in it as we build it. It is in the mile of a forest on the side of a mountain.
Lightweight[edit]
Should this definition include "lightweight" as a necesseity for being a geodesic dome? If you built the characteristic geometric system out of lead, it would still be a geodesic dome. — This comment was unsigned.
- The point is that the weight of the dome is much lower than more traditional designs of the same height or volume. It might be rephrased somehow, but I think it is reasonably concise as it is. --Connel MacKenzie 18:11, 2 May 2007 (UTC)