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Building green : a complete how-to guide to alternative building methods : earth plaster, straw bale, cordwood, cob, living roofs Cover Image Book

Building green : a complete how-to guide to alternative building methods : earth plaster, straw bale, cordwood, cob, living roofs / Clarke Snell & Tim Callahan.

Snell, Clarke. (Author). Callahan, Tim, 1954- (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 1579905323
  • Physical Description: 615 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Lark Books, [2005]

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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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