Green Home Building
Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.
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Posted 1 week ago
I just discovered some valuable free software that can help you save lots of energy at home while also saving some big bucks! Bill Clark, of Bar X Software, is the genius behind the code. He is a Mech
Posted 1 week ago
Shaping Buildings for the Humid Tropics: Cultures, Climate, and Materials by Patti Stouter, 2008, is a 28 page PDF document that describes how to use ventilation, shading, plantings and insulation to
Posted 4 weeks ago
I attended the Natural Building Colloquium held this year at the Orella Ranch overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara, California, at the end of October. What a magnificent setting this was t
Posted 10 weeks ago
Mainly through the efforts of Illiac Diaz, a charismatic entrepenuer/actor/model/athlete, the Philippines has been home to some very innovative public works utilizing earthbags. Illiac discovered the
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Posted 12 weeks ago
Each year the Society for Environmental Graphic Design sponsors a contest to recognize the best in environmental graphic design. This year's Juror's Award went to Norman Lee and Charles Houserfor the
Posted 13 weeks ago
Having just finished reading A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy and the Environment, by Jay Hakes, my mind is spinning
Posted 15 weeks ago
Dr. Owen Geiger and I have just found that a book published in 1990 in Germany, Building with Pumice, written by Klaus Grasser and Gernot Minke, describes experiments done in the 1970's at the Resear
Posted 18 weeks ago
I received an email from Professor Sunny Cai, who teaches architectural design at a college in Beijing , China. He mentioned his interest in ancient Chinese architecture, especially the earthen buildi
Posted 18 weeks ago
California has adopted the nation's first statewide green-building standards, which will become mandatory in 2010. The new California Green Buildings Standards Code requires builders to reduce energ
Posted 22 weeks ago
Strawboard building panels are a kind of structural insulated panel (SIP) designed to replace 2x4 stud and drywall construction for both interior and exterior walls, as well as provide load and non-be
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