"Sustainable Architecture" is a term that groups together a number of approaches to architecture that choose materials and techniques that can be maintained for the long-term without exhausting non-renewable resources.Mainstreaming Sustainable Architecture illustrates a systems approach to design and construction in which the various components--such as passive solar techniques, earth air conditioning, vapor-permeable ceilings, and cellulose insulation--operate synergistically to achieve environmental goals. This case study of Casa de Paja (House of Straw) demonstrates that many elements of sustainable architecture can be incorporated without sacrificing sophisticated design and without added expense.While no technical background is needed to understand the principles behind sustainable design, architects and engineers will find enough detail in the drawings and appendices to adapt these techniques to their own construction.

Mainstreaming Sustainable Architecture: Casa de Paja: A Demonstration

Science & Math

Zimmerman, Jan

Paschich, Ed

Biological Sciences

High Desert Press

Would you like to live in a quality house and have low utility and maintenance bills? A house that will re-sell easily and would not have damaged the earth's ecology and natural resources? A house that will retain its beauty and value through the years? You can have this kind of house today. The Timber Reduced Energy Efficient Home is designed and built to use timber more efficiently, to eliminate the destruction of large old trees, and to utilize building materials that consume less energy overall and are less harmful to the environment. It's all in this book with many illustrations and photographs.

Timber Reduced Energy Efficient Homes

Nature & Ecology

Sunstone Press

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