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Building with Papercrete
City of the Sun near Columbus, NM who were building houses out of recycled newspapers and magazines. This sounded like an intriguing idea, and we decided ... fall of 1998, we visited Crestone, CO, where Mike McCain had spent the summer building several papercrete houses, and developing some amazing production capabilities. When we saw what seemed like acres of ...
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Green Home Building: Environment
Owner/ Builder About Us Vernacular Architecture Bulletin Board STORE & Posters Building Codes Blog Natural Building Ask the Experts Environment Building Components Environment This page relates to the reason for much of ... Q: What is improved environmental quality and why is the environment so important for building houses? A: (Kelly) The environment is important because this refers to the air that we ...
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HBOI | Press Relations | FAU and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Host Dedication Ceremony for New Marine Science Building
The Florida Atlantic University / Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Marine Science Building is the result of visionary academic, community ... marine biotechnology, natural resources and environmental education. In addition to the labs, the building houses video-conferencing equipped meeting rooms. "The collaboration between FAU and Harbor Branch ...
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Residential Environmental Design Building Material Review - Decking
Mother Earth. David Easton has been working with the earth, building houses and structures in Napa Valley, for over 20 years. Working with the earth as a ... . Easton's book also focuses on the economic aspect of the building process, and gives alternative building methods, and multiple uses for building materials which leave nothing for scrap. Easton points out that ...
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Green Home Building: Article about the history of earthbag building
In 1976 the Research Laboratory for Experimental Building at Kassel Polytechnic College in Germany began to investigate the question of how natural building materials like sand and gravel could be used for building houses ...
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Corporate Volunteers--Building Homes and Teamwork -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l
By sponsoring and physically building houses for those in need, Stiho believes it made the anniversary more significant and lasting While building a house in a foreign country, employees ... participate in building homes not only abroad, but also in their own communities. In November 2003 ING Bank (Hungary) Rt. sent a team of volunteers to help finish two houses in GÃ ...
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EEBA || Energy and Environmental Building Association
Building Association Inside EEBA Houses That Work Conference & Expo Bookstore Resources Get Involved Partners / Alliances Media / Communications Events Calendar Site Map | Search Welcome to the home site of The Energy & Environmental Building ...
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EcoSpeakers Books - Green Building, Materials & Design
More... | Joseph E. Kennedy EcoSpeakers Info >> Cordwood Building. By Rob Roy. Cordwood building is an ancient technique where walls are constructed from "log ends" ... to approaching the LEED rating system strategically. More... | Jerry Yudelson EcoSpeakers Info >> Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home. By Rob Roy. A practical guide ...
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straw bale building workshop
Straw-bale Building Workshop Building a Sustainable Home with Straw-bales Straw-bale construction has been hailed as one of ... the coming decades as the Greenhouse Effect takes hold. The materials to build straw-bale houses, studios, barns and garden walls are easy to source and the product is environmentally friendly ...
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New Study: Building Green Could Lead to Dramatic Energy Savings - PennEnvironment
PennEnvironment was joined by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council and the Green Building Alliance in releasing today’s report and conveying that message. “Standards for ... Million Solar Roofs legislation, mandates that solar panels become a standard option for all new houses by 2011. PennEnvironment called on decision makers to make a commitment to do everything it ...
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