Building green : a complete how-to guide to alternative building methods : earth plaster, straw bale, cordwood, cob, living roofs / Clarke Snell & Tim Callahan.
Record details
- ISBN: 1579905323
- Physical Description: 615 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Lark Books, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter 1 Why Green Building? 14 -- Chapter 2 Building Fundamentals 22 -- Chapter 3 Alternative Building Strategies 46 -- Chapter 4 Design 72 -- Structure 98 -- Chapter 5 Siting 100 -- Chapter 6 Site Work 118 -- Chapter 7 Structure 138 -- Temperature 214 -- Chapter 8 Cob and Other Earth Mixes 216 -- Chapter 9 Cordwood 296 -- Chapter 10 Straw Bale 340 -- Chapter 11 Modified Stick-Frame 396 -- Separation 438 -- Chapter 12 Covering the Walls 440 -- Chapter 13 Covering the Roof 484 -- Chapter 14 Covering the Floor 512 -- Connection 532 -- Chapter 15 Creating a Connection: Inside, Outside, Transitions, and Systems 534 -- Chapter 16 Completed Cottage 562 -- Epilogue - Your Green Building 580. |
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| Subject: | Ecological houses. Sustainable buildings > Design and construction. |
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- 13 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Old Fort Branch Library | 690 SNE (Text) | 37810435496624 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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