Radiant heat gain

[elewis33]

My site is in the high desert of the western US, where it gets really warm in the summer. I'm a little worried about radiant heat gain inside the yurt in the summer months.

The

dome

is smoked so it should cut down on some of the direct sun entering there. But the sun is going to be pounding the exterior walls and roof and

heating

things up inside. I have the standard

insulation

kit from

Colorado Yurts

.

Am I going to need to get some kind of cooling to make it bearable to use the yurt in the summer months?

At some point I want to setup a small solar system, but didn't plan to have enough power to run an AC unit or mini-split. What's the experience of those in similar situations?