long term shelter heat

In the event you construct a long term Bushcraft shelter, perhaps at a bug out location, I have been looking into heating options for a structure like that.

Perhaps your shelter could be a large enough tent with a wood stove, or a lean too style with a fire pit, or even a primitive cabin/yurt with a primitive fireplace.

Could you incorporate compost heat into these shelters? There is a youtube video of a guy that puts a compost pile against the wall of his small green house, then cuts a hole in the wall and gets 90F temperatures from the opening in the wall into the compost.
I also think that debri shelters probably start undergoing the compost slow combustion process and create heat, this is probably why they are noted as being very warm. keep in mind this is the way animals in a barn stay warm.

I think using composting debri walls, against the walls of a correctly crafted shelter could provide warmth. Maybe not enough to be comfortable, but enough to be survivable. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Using Rocks and clay it also would be possible to create a sort of plumbing, and with that you technically could install a passive air Geothermal heat system under the ground in a permanent primitive shelter. This is where Tubes are installed 6 to 8 ft down in a grid fashion under the base of the shelter, the tubes come up into the shelter so air will flow through the earth which is about 55F to warm the air in the shelter. This technology is used in greenhouses for passive heat.

I wouldn't be above using clay in the ground to create things I could use in a long term survival situation, constructing a kiln wouldn't be that difficult to produce primitive bricks, pipes, pottery ect... Installing passive heating systems for a small shelter would probably be worth the effort.

What are your thoughts and do you know of other ways you might be able to heat a bushcraft shelter besides the obvious methods.

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long term shelter heat