You don’t need to be named Frodo Baggins or live in The Shire to enjoy the benefits of an earth-sheltered home. Earth-sheltered homes, aka underground or subterranean homes, are eco-friendly and ...

The walipini (an Aymara Indian word for a "place of warmth"), also known as an underground or pit greenhouse, is a much more affordable and effective year-round ... with an earth-sheltered building.

In fact, once you start digging, temperatures underground tend to stay within a steady range year-round ... in homes on average goes exclusively to heating and air conditioning. In earth-sheltered ...

A three-bedroom, two-bathroom earth-sheltered home, known as an “earthship,” and designed by the father of the concept — Michael Reynolds — is up for grabs in West Hills. While earthships ...

The latter dream came true, at least in a sense. Bissonette has one of the about 650 homes Mankato, Minnesota-based Earth Sheltered Technology has built since it began in 1981. The company ...

Located at the end of a private, dirt road at 150 Hidden Hill Road, the earth-sheltered modern home is surrounded by fields and rolling hills. Hebda and Morrow bought the property in 1979.

Exterior Screen grab from Zillow It’s called the “Bermed-Earth-Sheltered home” and draws curious “Hobbit”-like images thanks to it being tucked slightly underground and away from prying ...

Earth-sheltered or underground homes use the surrounding earth as insulation and are said to be energy efficient. The property has a price guide of $2.5 million to $2.75 million and is on the ...

"I'd never seen anything like it before," said Foust of the 1970s earth-sheltered home in River Falls, Wis. "I liked it right off the bat because it was different — and so quiet." Foust relished ...

The 57-year-old management company owner says he likes the view, especially when storm clouds bear down on the concrete-and-steel, earth-sheltered home he carved into the hill southeast of ...