Comment on Ask HN: Possible to go/live underground to cool off?Comments−cbo1003yIt's very geology dependent, but they do this in Coober Pedy, a town in Australia where underground building is common for cooling reasons.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coober_PedyI don't think it's something we will transition to in general "for survival" though. Building regulations should just catch up and enforce appropriate insulation levels and building methods for the given environments.−marak8303yAlso there is zero humidity there. I would imagine that would affect an underground house a lot.Source on humidity: did a 3 month tour there as a chef - never again.
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It's very geology dependent, but they do this in Coober Pedy, a town in Australia where underground building is common for cooling reasons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coober_Pedy
I don't think it's something we will transition to in general "for survival" though. Building regulations should just catch up and enforce appropriate insulation levels and building methods for the given environments.
Also there is zero humidity there. I would imagine that would affect an underground house a lot.
Source on humidity: did a 3 month tour there as a chef - never again.