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Sustainable Building Essentials

Written by the world’s leading sustainable builders, designers and engineers, these succinct, user-friendly handbooks are indispensable tools for any project…
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New Society Publishers annual holiday sale begins Monday November 28th. Receive 50% off all titles (excluding New Catalyst titles) until December 5th. Join Meeting, Normal Birth, Author Event, Modern Homesteading, Promote Book, Food Garden, Book Deals, New Career, Growing Food
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New Society Publishers annual holiday sale begins Monday November 28th. Receive 50% off all titles (excluding New Catalyst titles) until December 5th.
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. Green roofs,eco-roofs, vegetative roofs, vegetated roof assemblies, or living roofs do so much more than that. They contribute to the biodiversity in neighborhoods, offer a protective place for pollinators, provide space for birds to feed, reduce the heat a roof would normally reflect, and capture the rain that would run off of it.Learn how to build your green roof with Essential Green Roof Construction. Eco Roof, Living Roofs, Roof Construction, Green Roofs, Roof Design, Biodiversity, Step Guide, Ecology, Conservation
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. Green roofs,eco-roofs, vegetative roofs, vegetated roof assemblies, or living roofs do so much more than that. They contribute to the biodiversity in neighborhoods, offer a protective place for pollinators, provide space for birds to feed, reduce the heat a roof would normally reflect, and capture the rain that would run off of it.Learn how to build your green roof with Essential Green Roof Construction.
In Essential Green Roof Construction, Leslie Doyle provides step-by-step instructions to build a green roof. By blending common sense with beauty, a green roof is a system of layers that work together to support plant life, insulate homes, and make the world a greener place. Today, Leslie introduces green roofs in an excerpt shared from her book, Essential Green Roof Construction Green Roof Project, Carbon Sequestration, Quality Roofing, Energy Conservation, Roof Structure
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In Essential Green Roof Construction, Leslie Doyle provides step-by-step instructions to build a green roof. By blending common sense with beauty, a green roof is a system of layers that work together to support plant life, insulate homes, and make the world a greener place. Today, Leslie introduces green roofs in an excerpt shared from her book, Essential Green Roof Construction
We are excited to announce the online Sustainable Building Essentials courses hosted by the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR, based on books from our Sustainable Building Essentials Series. The first 3 courses are now available: Building with light straw clay, rainwater harvesting, and building with straw bales. Mother Earth News Fair, Straw Bales, Rainwater Harvesting, Sustainability, Courses, Excited, Essentials, Clay, Series
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We are excited to announce the online Sustainable Building Essentials courses hosted by the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR, based on books from our Sustainable Building Essentials Series. The first 3 courses are now available: Building with light straw clay, rainwater harvesting, and building with straw bales.
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Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings.Packed with detailed photos, illustrations, case studies, and code compliance advice, it offers clear step-by-step instructions necessary to create your own living roof on a new build or as a retrofit. Natural Building, Green Building, Cob Building, Building Architecture, Futuristic Architecture, Roof Garden, Home And Garden, Maison Earthship, Cob House Plans
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Our Acquisitions Editor, Rob West shares his experience in installing a rainwater harvesting system with a well top-up capacity, at his home on Gabriola Island, with the book Essential Rainwater Harvesting by Rob and Michelle Avis, of Verge Permaculture, as his guide. Drainage Ditch, Rainwater Harvesting System, Homegrown Food, Jet Pump, Veg Garden, Landscape Fabric, Drip Irrigation
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Our Acquisitions Editor, Rob West shares his experience in installing a rainwater harvesting system with a well top-up capacity, at his home on Gabriola Island, with the book Essential Rainwater Harvesting by Rob and Michelle Avis, of Verge Permaculture, as his guide.
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In this interview Dan goes into detail about all the practical differences in solar, wind, and other renewable energy systems. He walked me through the process of examining the potential of each resource, calculating the size of the system based on your consumption, and more. Bamboo Building, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Slash And Burn, Homeowners Guide, Off Grid System, Living Skills
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In this interview Dan goes into detail about all the practical differences in solar, wind, and other renewable energy systems. He walked me through the process of examining the potential of each resource, calculating the size of the system based on your consumption, and more.
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Everything you need to know to build with rammed earth in warm and cold climates. Rammed earth – sand, gravel, and clay or lime/cement binder packed into forms – is a low-energy, high-performance building method, yielding beautiful, sustainable … Rammed Earth Homes, Rammed Earth Wall, Straw Bale Construction, Covering, Earth Design, Building Techniques
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Mudgirls revive ancient building technique to create earth-friendly cob homes Roberts Creek, Shaped Windows, Metal Braces, Scale Art, Ancient Buildings, Cob House
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Should I tell the neighbours I have a composting toilet? Find out all you need to know to educate your neighbours, family and friends about why composting toilets are good for everyone in Ann and Gord Baird's new book, "Essential Composting Toilets"!  #Regram via @BuZw8WdlpBe Composting Toilet, Toilets, Need To Know, New Books, Society, Ann, Skills, Earth
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Should I tell the neighbours I have a composting toilet? Find out all you need to know to educate your neighbours, family and friends about why composting toilets are good for everyone in Ann and Gord Baird's new book, "Essential Composting Toilets"! #Regram via @BuZw8WdlpBe
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Our coop rainwater harvesting system. Water comes off the metal roof, through the downspout to the top of the rain barrel and then out through the white pipe which goes through the coop wall to feed the waterers. Overflow spills out the black pipe and onto the ground. Gravity does all the work. Natural Farming, Natural Garden, Organic Yard, Organic Gardening, Led Store, Organic Horticulture, Crop Production, Grow Crops
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Our coop rainwater harvesting system. Water comes off the metal roof, through the downspout to the top of the rain barrel and then out through the white pipe which goes through the coop wall to feed the waterers. Overflow spills out the black pipe and onto the ground. Gravity does all the work.
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Today is the Build portion of our Grow Make Build Change summer reading sale theme featuring an excerpt from Essential Earthbag Construction: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide by Kelly Hart. Earthbag construction — building with polypropylene bags usually filled with earthen materials — is a versatile, easy-to-master, low-impact, and highly durable form of building, suitable for structures from houses to root cellars. Building A House, Sustainable Architecture, Architecture Building, Architecture Design, People Around The World, Around The Worlds
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Today is the Build portion of our Grow Make Build Change summer reading sale theme featuring an excerpt from Essential Earthbag Construction: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide by Kelly Hart. Earthbag construction — building with polypropylene bags usually filled with earthen materials — is a versatile, easy-to-master, low-impact, and highly durable form of building, suitable for structures from houses to root cellars.
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Tina Therrien co author of Essential Natural Plasters coming May 2018 Tina is a leader in the natural building community in Ontario, and has been for over a decade. She operates Camel’s Back Construction, Ontario’s first professional straw bale building company and has built dozens of straw bale homes and commercial buildings across the province. Straw Bale Building, Building Companies, The Province, A Decade, Ontario, Camel
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Tina Therrien co author of Essential Natural Plasters coming May 2018 Tina is a leader in the natural building community in Ontario, and has been for over a decade. She operates Camel’s Back Construction, Ontario’s first professional straw bale building company and has built dozens of straw bale homes and commercial buildings across the province.
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Prefabricated straw bale wall panels • Straw bale walls have a remarkable array of benefits, but they can be labour intensive and are difficult to build in a mainstream context. By prefabricating the plastered straw bale panels, they can be delivered to a job site for the same cost as conventional framed walls, Endeavour Sustainable Building School Affordable Housing, Baling, Model Building, Endeavor, Prefab, Wall Panels, Frames On Wall
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Prefabricated straw bale wall panels • Straw bale walls have a remarkable array of benefits, but they can be labour intensive and are difficult to build in a mainstream context. By prefabricating the plastered straw bale panels, they can be delivered to a job site for the same cost as conventional framed walls, Endeavour Sustainable Building School
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Today's post is from our editor Rob West's blog The Handcrafted Life. Rob and his family returned to Canada after 10 years in the UK to build their dream home, a site-cut roundwood timber framed house with light clay straw walls and a cob floor. But where oh where to find the information to build such a thing? Timber Frame House, Light Clay, Homestead Farm, Grow Your Own Food
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Today's post is from our editor Rob West's blog The Handcrafted Life. Rob and his family returned to Canada after 10 years in the UK to build their dream home, a site-cut roundwood timber framed house with light clay straw walls and a cob floor. But where oh where to find the information to build such a thing?
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Image: front cover Real Estate Photography, Photography Tips, Photography Camera, Cordwood Homes, Bird House Kits, Hiding Places, Timber Framing
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Many people dream of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no systematic guide to help potential builders work through the complete process of imagining, planning, designing, and building their ideal, sustainable home Sustainable Building Materials, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Living, Matrix
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Even in this era of industrialized and commodified building systems, it has been estimated that over 50% of the earth’s population still build with and reside in houses made of earth. Building Systems, Building Materials, House Made, Interior Walls, Choices, Arch, World
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Even in this era of industrialized and commodified building systems, it has been estimated that over 50% of the earth’s population still build with and reside in houses made of earth.
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Of the many natural wall systems to choose from, there are many reasons to choose a light straw clay wall system. Clay Wall, Eco House, Wall Systems, Appropriate, Straw, Nature
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Of the many natural wall systems to choose from, there are many reasons to choose a light straw clay wall system.
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Light straw clay — straw mixed with clay slip — is a versatile, easy-to-use wall building material. Also called "slip-straw," its durability has been proven in beautiful, centuries-old buildings across Northern Europe and in modern high-performance buildings in North America. Permaculture Design, Oregon, Portland City, Rammed Earth
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Hempcrete is a versatile, energy-efficient natural insulation material, useful for walls, roofs and floors. Made from the inner stem of the hemp plant mixed with a lime-based binder, it is a very strong, lightweight and breathable alternative to manufactured insulations Building Trade, Building Design, Building Ideas, Building Entrance
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THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ESSENTIALS SERIES covers the full range of natural and green building techniques with a focus on sustainable materials and methods and code compliance. Firmly rooted in sound building science and drawing on decades of experience, these large-format, highly-illustrated manuals deliver comprehensive, practical guidance from leading experts using a well-organized step-by-step approach. Compliance, Large Format, Guidance, Approach, Deliver, Focus
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THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ESSENTIALS SERIES covers the full range of natural and green building techniques with a focus on sustainable materials and methods and code compliance. Firmly rooted in sound building science and drawing on decades of experience, these large-format, highly-illustrated manuals deliver comprehensive, practical guidance from leading experts using a well-organized step-by-step approach.
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Sustainable Building Essentials