Green Making

The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes
	Author: Daniel D. Chiras Copyright: 2000 by Chelsea Green Publishing Company Useful Pages: 440 Length of Index: 8+ pages Table of Contents: Introduction Striking Out in a New Direction Rammed Earth Homes Straw Bale Homes Earthships and Beyond Adobe Homes Cob Homes Cordwood Homes Log Homes Stone Homes Emerging Natural Building Techniques Energy Independence: Passive Solar Heating and Cooling Energy Independence: Generating Electricity from Sun, Wind, and Water Environmentally Sustainable Water Systems Green Building Materials: Creating the Ultimate Environmentally Friendly Home Site Considertions: Choosing a Site, Protecting It during Construction, and Restoring the Land Building an Alternative Home: What You Need to Know to Get Your Home Built Resource Guide Index Organization: Covers areas in this order: The Sustainable Imperative [One chapter on pros and cons, guiding principles, and appropriate technology.] Choices [Nine chapters going into each basic type of home in detail.] Sustainable Systems [Six chapters on the systems that make up the home: energy, water, materials, and the site, plus a summary of the building project.] Possible Uses: Expanding the range of materials and techniques you might consider for green building. Learning basic principles to design and build eco-friendly homes. Learning essential terminology to be able to talk intelligently with suppliers and others about both common and uncommon green options. Get examples of alternative materials and techniques for building homes. Excellent references for professionals to understand the alternatives. Access to green resources. Advantages: Clear and detailed explanations of alternatives. Detailed explanations of options and their implications. Good diagrams showing building designs, positioning, and layout. Good references to additional resources. Cautions to avoid critical mistakes. Limitations: References to books and other resources sometimes in the text but not the resource guide. For a constructor, it is unlikely you'd need this much information on any one building type; but you would need more detail for the one you picked.

The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes

Author: Daniel D. Chiras
Copyright: 2000 by Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Useful Pages: 440
Length of Index: 8+ pages

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Striking Out in a New Direction
Rammed Earth Homes
Straw Bale Homes
Earthships and Beyond
Adobe Homes
Cob Homes
Cordwood Homes
Log Homes
Stone Homes
Emerging Natural Building Techniques
Energy Independence: Passive Solar Heating and Cooling
Energy Independence: Generating Electricity from Sun, Wind, and Water
Environmentally Sustainable Water Systems
Green Building Materials: Creating the Ultimate Environmentally Friendly Home
Site Considertions: Choosing a Site, Protecting It during Construction, and Restoring the Land
Building an Alternative Home: What You Need to Know to Get Your Home Built
Resource Guide
Index

Organization:

Covers areas in this order:

The Sustainable Imperative [One chapter on pros and cons, guiding principles, and appropriate technology.]
Choices [Nine chapters going into each basic type of home in detail.]
Sustainable Systems [Six chapters on the systems that make up the home: energy, water, materials, and the site, plus a summary of the building project.]

Possible Uses:

Expanding the range of materials and techniques you might consider for green building.
Learning basic principles to design and build eco-friendly homes.
Learning essential terminology to be able to talk intelligently with suppliers and others about both common and uncommon green options.
Get examples of alternative materials and techniques for building homes.
Excellent references for professionals to understand the alternatives.
Access to green resources.

Advantages:

Clear and detailed explanations of alternatives.
Detailed explanations of options and their implications.
Good diagrams showing building designs, positioning, and layout.
Good references to additional resources.
Cautions to avoid critical mistakes.

Limitations:

References to books and other resources sometimes in the text but not the resource guide.
For a constructor, it is unlikely you'd need this much information on any one building type; but you would need more detail for the one you picked.