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Green Building Books
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Green Building Handbook |
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Green Building Handook |
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Green Building Materials |
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Green Building - Sustainable Construction
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"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work that our descendants will thank us for; and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and people will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, See! this our parents did for us!" John Ruskin |
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| Learning to build & live sustainably becomes ever more pressing . Buildings consume 40% of the world's total energy & 16% of water consumption. Its is imperative, if we are to reduce emissions and mitigate even worse climate change outcomes than those currently predicted, that we learn to build buildings that absorb energy, are durable, and provide non-toxic environments for their inhabitants. |
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Benefits of building with straw include: Straw is a great insulator, is breathable, filters air, and works as a heat exchanger.
Straw low cost, renewable resource (often a waste product) is quick to grow & is low energy to produce
As a building product it is durable, easy to build with & to maintain. Bales of strawcontain very little air & therefore do not burn easily |
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Hemp
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Cob Earth Construction
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Living Structures
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Tubular daylighting devices allow you to bring natural light into your home without the energy loss..
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