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Authors: Matts Myhrman and S. O. McDonald One of the original books on straw bale contrstuction Now available as a series of free PDFs thanks to the Authors Build It With Bales – full book Front Cover through Q&A (13 pages, includes table of contents, intro, how to use) Build It With Bales Part Two: Steps 1-3 Build It With Bales Part Two: Steps 4-6
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Paperback: 240 pages ISBN-10: 1586855158 ISBN-13: 978-1586855154 Order From: Amazon.com Review from Mark Piepkorn, former editor of The Last Straw Journal: A copy of the new book Small Strawbale: Natural Homes, Projects & Designs by Athena & Bill Steen and Wayne Bingham, published by Gibbs Smith, came into the office today. It’s gorgeous, like all the projects the Steens involve themselves with – and, as usual, it opens doors beyond strawbale. Love them for that. Chapters include Garden Walls & Fences, Open-Air Structures, Greenhouses, Canelo Outbuildings (that’s their place), Tiny Studios & Meditation Retreats, The Shed Roof, The Gable Roof, Small Houses, and Clustered Compounds. Most of the photos are sumptuous, the accompanying text insightful and inspiring – not at all overbearing. It’s not a how to *build* book, but a *how* to build book. It was an excellent surprise to see the Lander’s beautiful Shimizu-gaki bamboo gate featured (and later in the book their home, with a photo of them that makes me miss them even more), several of Athena’s stunning murals, and – Jack’s Flat! Kudos to Mr. Glassford! This book fires my imagination and gives me joy. Author(s): Sustainable Buildings Industry Council Available From: SBIC ENERGY-10® software analyzes and illustrates the energy and cost savings that can be achieved by applying up to a dozen sustainable design strategies. Hourly energy simulations quantify, assess, and clearly depict the benefits of:
ENERGY-10® software helps professionals routinely deliver high-performance buildings that will operate with, on average, 20-30% lower energy costs. Using climate data that is site-specific, see how different combinations of materials, systems, and orientation yield lesser or greater results, based on energy use, comparative costs, and reduced emissions. This powerful tool helps you make informed decisions about energy performance during the crucial early phases of design, when sustainable building strategies and materials can be integrated at lowest cost. ENERGY-10® software takes the guesswork out of integrated energy design. The software calculates integrated energy performance and is best suited to buildings with one or two thermal zones. The interface is simple, the analysis thorough, and the results accurate and quick. Building types that are most frequently simulated using this software include retail and office buildings, warehouses, schools, restaurants, residences, lodging facilities, and more. Launch ENERGY-10® software and within minutes, a detailed project simulation unfolds. The software performs hour-by-hour calculations and produces graphic reports depicting your building’s thermal, HVAC, and daylighting performance over a full year of operation. Use actual energy and demand charges to track operating costs; evaluate hourly, monthly, or annual energy use; and track peak loads for your clients’ projects. The software’s accuracy has been demonstrated using the BESTEST procedure developed by NREL’s Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems within the International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Program Task 12. BESTEST has been adopted by the U.S. Department of Energy and the international community as the accepted basis for verifying the credibility of computer simulation programs. Allows you to integrate and assess dozens of energy-efficient design decisions quickly and accurately. Helps you and your clients understand “and see” the actual dollar savings that can be achieved through informed siting, materials selection, and integrated, energy-efficient design. Quantifies and clearly illustrates the impact of design decisions on first cost, operating costs, and pollution prevention Helps you obtain energy credits under the LEED™ program. Output reports for “daylighting” and “total building energy use” facilitate the LEED™ submission process.
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co ISBN: 0964425890 Order From: Amazon.com Written in laypeople’s terms by a humanure composting practitioner with twenty years’ experience, this book is for anyone interested in a unique topic that is fundamentally related to every human being on planet Earth. The second edition of The Humanure Handbook is completely revised, expanded, and updated, but retains that element of improbable humor that made this book an underground classic. This fascinating, one-of-a-kind book tells you how to safely recycle human manure, and includes color photographs of humanure-compost gardens, listings for international commercial compost toilet sources and manufacturers, and a list of backyard composting bin and compost thermometer retailers. This new edition also contains a chapter on alternative graywater systems; illustrated, step-by-step instructions for building a simple, low-cost, composting toilet for household, camp, or emergency use; current information about community-level composting; and the latest material on composting microbiology. From the author, J. C. Jenkins (JCJenkins@JenkinsPublishing.com) , 11/29/96: From the PublisherThis is the 3rd edition of a self-published book. No respectable publisher would touch it with a ten foot shovel. The 1st edition of Humanurewas published in 1994 with a print run of 660 copies, which the author fully expected would last the rest of his life.Now, 11 years later, the book has sold over 25,000 copies in at least 59 countries worldwide and has been published in foreign editions on four continents. The 2nd Edition was a 2000 Independent Publisher Outstanding Book of the Year, deemed the book “Most Likely to Save the Planet,” a 2000 Finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards, and a Finalist in the 2000 Benjamin Franklin Awards for Excellence in Publishing. It was an Amazon.com #1 bestseller in its category for several years, and has been reviewed by Mother Earth News, Whole Earth Review, Countryside Journal, The Journal of Environmental Quality, Natural Health, and many other popular print media. It has been talked about on NPR, BBC, CBC, Howard Stern, The Wall Street Journal, Playboy Magazine, Organic Gardening Magazine and many other national and international venues.
Author(s): Gary Selden, Robert O. Becker, David Bichell Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; 1 edition (July 22, 1998) Paperback: 368 pages ISBN: 0688069711 ISBN-13: 978-0688069711 Order From: Amazon.com The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the filed of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body. He found clues to the healing process in the long-discarded theory that electricity is vital to life. But as exciting as Becker’s discoveries are, pointing to the day when human limbs, spinal cords, and organs may be regenerated after they have been damaged, equally fascinating is the story of Becker’s struggle to do such original work. The Body Electric explores new pathways in our understanding of evolution, acupuncture, psychic phenomena, and healing. 
Author(s): Jeremy Thake Publisher: Practical Action (February 2001) Paperback: 240 pages ISBN-10: 1853394602 ISBN-13: 978-1853394607 Order From: Amazon.com (links will open in a new window) Micro-hydro is a useful way of providing power to houses, workshops or villages that need an independent supply. For many remote areas beyond the reach of the national grid, micro-hydro . . . → Read More: The Micro-Hydro Pelton Turbine Manual: Design, Manufacture and Installation for Small-Scale Hydro-Power 
Author: Rik DeGunther Publisher: For Dummies (December 10, 2007) Paperback: 384 pages ISBN-10: 0470175699 ISBN-13: 978-0470175699 Order From: Amazon.com Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you’re looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or you want to build a solar-powered house from the . . . → Read More: Solar Power Your Home For Dummies 
Author(s): H. Kambezidis, Tariq Muneer, Peter Tregenza Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (Trd) Paperback: 392 pages ISBN: 0750624957 ISBN-13: 978-0750659741 Order From: Amazon.com (links will open in a new window) The cost of operating a building far exceeds the cost of constructing it, and yet until recently little attention was paid to the impact of solar radiation on . . . → Read More: Solar Radiation and Daylight Models, Second Edition: For the Energy Efficient Design of Buildings 
Author(s): Beth and Dan Halcy Publisher: Morning Sun Press; Rep Sub edition (May 1992) Paperback: 114 pages ISBN-10: 0962906921 ISBN-13: 978-0962906923 Order From: Amazon.com (links will open in a new window) Cooking with the Sun, How to build and use solar cookers. by Beth and Dan Halcy. A simple oven that reaches 400°F can be . . . → Read More: Cooking with the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers 
Author(s): Don Booth, Jonathan Booth, Peg Boyles Publisher: Rodale Pr (September 1984) Paperback: ISBN: 0960442235 ISBN-13: 978-0960442232 Order From: Amazon.com Hardbound: ISBN-10: 0960442243 ISBN-13: 978-0960442249 Order From: Amazon.com (links will open in a new window) Back in 1983 Don Booth’s company, Community Builders was one of the premier developers of energy efficient homes in . . . → Read More: Sun/Earth Buffering and Superinsulation: Building for Energy Independence |
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