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"The rapidly evolving and exponentially growing green building movement is arguably the most successful environmental movement in the United States today. Sustainable building has proven to yield substantial environmental and economic advantages. Green buildings are designed, built, and operated at a high level of energy and water efficiency, appropriate use of land and landscaping, use environmentally friendly materials, with special attention to...
Publisher
New Society Publishers [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
DVD How-to Video on green and sustainable straw bale house design, adobe, cob, and other alternative and green building materials; the design of structures to create a sense of place, detailed construction techniques, passive heating and cooling, solar energy, rainwater cisterns, earth and mud plaster, cob, rubble trench foundations, thermal mass walls, passive heating and cooling, off-the-grid photovoltaic electrical generation, movies, inspiration,...
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WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Pioneering with an eco-friendly twist, discover how easy, cost-effective and healthy it can be to go green, and dispels myths about environmentally-conscious lifestyles. Follow the step-by-step construction of Kevin's green dream home in Santa Barbara, with practical advice and expert guidance on a range of topics like straw bale construction, breathable paints and blue jean insulation. The final result is a Zen modernist house that is not only earthquake...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Pioneering with an eco-friendly twist, discover how easy, cost-effective and healthy it can be to go green, and dispels myths about environmentally-conscious lifestyles. Follow the step-by-step construction of Kevin's green dream home in Santa Barbara, with practical advice and expert guidance on a range of topics like straw bale construction, breathable paints and blue jean insulation. The final result is a Zen modernist house that is not only earthquake...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Pioneering with an eco-friendly twist, discover how easy, cost-effective and healthy it can be to go green, and dispels myths about environmentally-conscious lifestyles. Follow the step-by-step construction of Kevin's green dream home in Santa Barbara, with practical advice and expert guidance on a range of topics like straw bale construction, breathable paints and blue jean insulation. The final result is a Zen modernist house that is not only earthquake...
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The revised 3rd edition of this handbook offers a practical systematic overview of the many uses of earth and techniques for processing it. Its properties and physical characteristics are described in informed and knowledgeable detail. The author's presentation reflects the rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures all over the world. Numerous photographs of construction sites and drawings show the concrete...
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Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Can the designers of the Druk White Lotus School in remote Ladakh, India, help preserve the region's cultural identity for future generations? Could architect Thom Mayne's new San Francisco Federal Building be the prototype for tomorrow's workplace? Enrique Pe~nalosa, the former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, transformed one of the world's most chaotic cities into a model of sustainable and civic-minded urban planning. Third-generation develop Jonathan...
