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Dirt Cheap Builder - Taylor Publishing Visit Site
Hits : 1768 since 5/10/2001
URL : http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
This website has a complete list of books and videos for people who want to build sustainable homes of earth, strawbale, adobe, cordwood and other low cost materials.

Earth Sweet Home Visit Site
Hits : 2024 since 1/23/2000
URL : http://www.enviroweb.org/earthsweet/HOUSE/index.html
The Earth Sweet Home House is an experimental residential home in Southern Vermont. Here is some information about the Building Site and Structure.

Knapp's Natural Building Pages Visit Site
Hits : 1639 since 1/23/2000
URL : http://www.geocities.com/renewables/strawbale.html
Knapp's Natural Building Pages featuring:
The Casita Strawbale House
In Sundial Village, Colorado

Paul's Strawbale Home Page Visit Site
Hits : 2135 since 11/6/2001
URL : http://pareimer.hsd15.ca
My wife, Naomi, and our four children and I live just outside of La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada, 4 miles east of Steinbach. We began our project during the summer of 1998, after comparing building costs, advantages of building with strawbale, and after buying a gorgeous few acres of oak forest. We likely didn't fully appreciate the immensity of the project we were jumping into. However, here we are, three years later, and I have to say, "I'd do it again in a flash!" You'll see why when you read on and have a look at some of the pictures of our strawbale house and a few others I've visited.

Strawbale Construction Comes of Age Visit Site
Hits : 1858 since 1/23/2000
URL : http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/documents/strawbale.html
Americans want comfortable, attractive, functional, and durable housing. Yet, many increasingly find high quality housing beyond their means. Conventional building methods rely on plentiful resources. With some of these resources dwindling, housing costs are sky rocketing. The cost of a home includes materials, construction, financing, taxes, energy consumption, and insurance. This booklet explores recent attempts to reduce those costs. Construction techniques discussed in this booklet focus on building resource-efficient and energy-conserving homes, without sacrificing affordability or quality.

Strawbale Construction Information Visit Site
Hits : 1726 since 1/23/2000
URL : http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/straw_insulation/
Straw Bale construction has over 100 years experience in America. Recently many new efficient homes have been built with bales of straw. This page brings some of the net available information together for educational purposes.


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The Last Straw Online Visit Site
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URL : http://www.strawhomes.com/
WELCOME TO STRAWHOMES.COM, ONLINE HOME OF
The Last Straw

~*~ The Grassroots Journal of Straw-Bale and Natural Building ~*~


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The Strawbale House Project at Swathmore College Visit Site
Hits : 1462 since 1/23/2000
URL : http://www.swarthmore.edu/es/strawbale.html
This building was an environmentally innovative structure, constructed mainly out of load-bearing strawbales. It was built by student volunteers, and by undergraduate student members of the 1995 Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar.


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