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BuildingWithAwareness.com Green Building, Good Design—Simply Explained  A web site, DVD video, and book about the design and construction of straw bale solar hybrid homes. Topics include passive solar house design, straw bale home design, thermal mass walls, earth plaster for adobe and straw bale, the use of natural materials, rainwater cisterns, LEED and large buildings, and much more. |
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A DVD video and guidebook that takes a whole-house approach to green building
Introducing the first publication of its kind on green building with straw bale. The Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and Guidebook merges the best of video and books. The 152-page guidebook is the full-color companion to the award-winning Building With Awareness DVD video on how to build a solar straw bale home. Together, they offer a library of information on the construction of green, straw bale homes with natural materials. A straw bale hybrid home offers superior performance and aesthetics by combinging natural materials with passive solar design.
A solar-powered straw bale home can bring comfort and tranquility to your life. Natural materials help to heat and cool the home. Earth plasters and adobe add visual warmth. A straw bale solar home combines the best of old and new technology that will future proof your investment and lower your energy bills for decades to come. Learn how to build a quiet and comfortable refuge from the busy world outside. |
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The DVD and Guidebook On How To Build a Straw Bale House The award winning DVD video, Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home, now has a full-color book companion. Follow the construction of one straw bale solar house, from start to finish. Learn where to place windows for passive heating and cooling, how rubble trench foundations can save on the cost of concrete, post-and-beam framing for straw bale walls, how to notch and stack straw bales, how to build interior thermal mass walls, how to generate electricity from the sun, how to make and apply earth plasters, and much more. |
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Straw Bale House Picture Tour Straw bale hybrid homes are both beautiful and functional. There is a feel of solidness that is sometimes hard to achieve with standard wood-frame construction. These pictures show the completed strawbale house that is featured in our DVD and Guidebook. Topics covered are window placment for a straw bale home, thermal mass walls and how to take advantage of solar energy, the aesthetics of a small straw bale house, natural materials used in green building, interior wall finishes such as earth plaster and gypsum plaster, the design of a small kitchen, and much more. |
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Straw Bale Homes: Construction Pictures Take a look at the construction methods that were used in this straw bale home. Green building can be both durable and very long lasting. The straw bale hybrid home that is featured on this site is the same home that is in the Building With Awareness DVD video and the Guidebook. This straw bale house uses a post-and-beam frame for supporting the roof.The interior walls are made of adobe. This adds thermal mass to the home—a very important element that is sometimes left out when designing a bale house. |
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How Much Does It Cost To Build A Straw Bale House? See the cost breakdown of this straw bale home. Green building is a cost-effective way to save you money by reducing energy costs for the life of the building. The most important green-building features add nothing to the construction costs of the home. The cost breakdown featured here accounts for every dollar that was spent on this particular strawbale house. Labor, material, wiring, cistern, and photovoltaic systems costs are all categorized. |
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Advice on Green Building With Straw Bales |
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Resources More information on resources regarding what appliances were used in this home, where to find various building materials, and additional information and updates to both the Building With Awareness DVD and the Guidebook. Building with straw bale, mud, adobe, and very energy-efficient appliances sometimes requires a bit of research as to where to go for more information |
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Store Books and videos related to green building, straw bale construction, straw bale homes, straw bale walls, adobe, solar energy, architecture, sustainable design, energy efficiency, earth plaster, lime plaster, passive solar design, photovoltaic and alternative energy systems, and the best thinkers of our time. |
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