I know very few actually do, but it seems so unpopular decision it can’t be without reason
I’ve heard greenhouse effect is very good at heat preservation
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They’re too small to be homes. You can’t fit a kitchen, living room, bathroom, and a few bedrooms in it. It wouldn’t be too comfortable. Also, it’s see through.
They’re horrendously uncomfortable… very hot and humid.
All of your possessions would have mold/mildew on them all the time.
Evan in a mild summer the heat inside becomes quite uncomfortable, evan in slight cold their is no insulation. Also. No privacy
They might be dangerous at night due to the plants fighting with the people living in there for oxygen
Heating your home is normally far less of a problem than cooling it.
Moreover, if you do want to implement solar heating, you can do so far more easily by installing the solar heating off on its own rather than making it a permanent feature of your walls and ceilings that you’ll come to regret most of the year.
There was a fad in 1800s to install a greenhouse against side of one’s house and grow food/flowers there. Problem was effective ventilation of it plus thermal stress on construction of the house due to one wall (or part of it) being warmer than other walls. Fad didn’t survive past WW1. You can still find houses with those in Ontario but they are major PITA to maintain.
BTW-some guy in Sweden did build a greenhouse around his home. He had a channel on YT with very nice videos. He lives in northern part of Sweden as I recall.
It’s been done, read a few stories with greenhouses around homes, usually in cooler places. Pretty expensive though when its that size.
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