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Author(s): F. A. McClure, Richard Haubrich, Lynn Clark
Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Press
Paperback: 368 pages
ISBN: 156098323X
ISBN-13: 978-1560983231
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The Bamboos Reprint Edition Publication date: November 1993
Table of Contents Introduction Pt. I. The Bamboo Plant 1. Vegetative Phase: The Maturing Plant 2. . . . → Read More: The Bamboos
Author(s): Jules Janssen
Publisher: Intermediate Technology
Paperback: 56 pages
ISBN: 1853392030
ISBN-13: 978-1853392030
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Bamboo is strong, stiff, hard and clean. It can be grown on a small scale and used in buildings, bridges, furniture and fences. But can it be used in cold . . . → Read More: Building with Bamboo: A Handbook
Author(s): Christine Recht, Max F. Wetterwald, David Crampton (Editor), Walters
Publisher: Timber Press
Hardcover: 128 pages
ISBN: 0881922684
ISBN-13: 978-0881922684
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The Bamboos Reprint Edition
Using bamboos as design elements is stressed in this encyclopedia of species particularly suited for use in the garden or . . . → Read More: Bamboos
Author: Phillip Rastocny
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 836 KB
ASIN: B0043EWW7S
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These instructions describe how to build a passive solar hot water collector using your existing hot water heater. This solar collector uses no pumps or additional electricity to operate and assembled without pipe bending. The instructions include a complete materials . . . → Read More: Build an Extreme Green Hot Water Solar Collector
Author(s): David Iredale and John Barrett
Publisher: Shire; 4 edition (March 4, 2008)
Paperback: 176 pages
ISBN-10: 0747804982
ISBN-13: 978-0747804987
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(Discovering handbook 14) 111 pp, 90+ b/w ills.
Great for cob and earth builders and timberframe builders- shows many houses with thatch, timber . . . → Read More: Discovering Your Old House
Authors: Agnesa Reve, Robert Reck (photographer)
Publisher: Gibbs Smith; First Edition edition (July 18, 2001)
Hardcover: 76 pages
ISBN-10: 1586850652
ISBN-13: 978-1586850654
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Building or remodeling an adobe house is an artistic endeavor, with all the satisfaction–and occasional frustration–of any artistic effort. But once you’ve lived sheltered by adobe wall, you won’t . . . → Read More: The Small Adobe House
Author(s): Laura and Alex Sanchez
Publisher: Sunstone Press; Revised edition (April 9, 2008)
Paperback: 230 pages
ISBN-10: 0865346623
ISBN-13: 978-0865346628
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Since Adobe Houses for Today first appeared, interest in energy efficiency has exploded. Showing the pathway to smaller, solar tempered, easy-to-heat homes using adobe, . . . → Read More: Adobe Houses for Today: Flexible Plans for Your Adobe Home
Author(s): H. Kambezidis, Tariq Muneer, Peter Tregenza
Publisher: Architectural Press (September 29, 1997)
Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN: 0750624957
ISBN-13: 978-0750624954
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Book & Cd-Rom Edition
This book and CD Rom package provides an accessible, user-friendly database on daylight design data. With the boom in interest . . . → Read More: Solar Radiation and Daylight Models for the Energy Efficient Design of Buildings
Author(s): James Kachadorian
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
Paperback: 220 pages
ISBN: 0930031970
ISBN-13: 978-0930031978
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Published in concert with the Real Goods Trading Company of California, this book explains in detail the whys and wherefores of a particular form of passive solar design, formerly . . . → Read More: The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home
Publisher: Taunton Press
Paperback: 160 pages
ISBN: 1561581062
ISBN-13: 978-1561581061
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Small Houses (Great Houses: Fine Homebuilding)
Paperback September 1995 Color photos, floor plans. 160 pages
In these economically depressed times, which include a slumping housing market, how does one justify the appearance of another . . . → Read More: Small Houses (Great Houses)
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