The Norwegian couple Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolgehe are the owners of the Nature House. This is designed in the UK and took roughly three weeks to compete the building and installation. The construction of the geodesic dome was completed in late 2013, enclosed with solar dome Industries’ patent-pending SOLARDOME PRO dome system, located on the Sandhornoya Island of northern Norway.

This nature house is located on a 7000m² island in the Arctic Circle.

This glass dome is made up of using traditional building methods and products to create a warm and eco-friendly home. Its strong walls and aluminum structure protects it from cold weather, wind and heavy snow.

The solar dome PRO architectural system provides:

• The construction of customized geodesic domes
• It is ranging from 8m-25m in diameter
• This geodesic dome is designed to withstand the wind speeds of over 31m/s
• Snow loading of 4kN/m²
• It absorbs day heat and continues to hold it for the night, maintaining a stable temperature
• It is fully furnished. Having five bedrooms, a kitchen, a lounge, a dining room, and two bathrooms and a garage.

This Hjertefolgers’ home is created by involving friends, volunteers from local areas of the world and also family members. They hosted Yoga here, hold courses, summer camps, fulfill all their dreams here. The Eco-friendly COB home enables to grow vegetables and fruits including bananas and tomatoes in a very cold region which would be impossible without the passive house construction.

Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolger worked hard to create their eco-friendly house that fulfilled their dream, and the main purpose of this little sustainable bubble to supports their eco values and allow their family to grow up in a beautiful, ecological and healthy environment.

Pippa Bailey, Managing Director, also commented and said that she is pleased to see the Hjertefolger family move into their unique eco-friendly home. The Hjertefolgers are passionate and inspirational people, and this environmental self-build project was a perfect opportunity to promoted sustainability.