I agree. I would expect heat loss to occur through surface area. One building with a (relatively) large volume and limited surface area seems more heat efficient to me. Lots of small buildings would have lots of surface area, lots of heat loss, lots of inefficiency. And the need for furnaces, hot water heaters, etc would increase proportionately as well.
I was waiting for common sense to weigh in.
They energy usage related to heat loss would be huge. Have they reverted to outhouses or do they need 6 septic tanks, or connections to sewer?
Are there 6 separate kitchens.
Basically insulate a shed and you can duplicate those structures. Then they need to be wired for electricity or it’s batteries for lights etc.
The worst part is that the whole concept isolates the members of the “family” psychologically and emotionally. Set up for abductions etc. Set up for boyfriends to sneak over and drinking parties. If you can’t raise a child to be independent w/o gimmicks you won’t teach them this way.
IOW communal living saves resources by sharing and multiple person usage.
Exactly right. Heating load is all about the surface area/volume ratio. This is about as anti-green as you can get.
It’s well known in green building that a simple square floor plan house has the best surface area/volume ratio and lowest heating load.