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Books and reference material on sustainable housing, natural homes, straw bale homes, and green homes.




Building with Relaimed Materials
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BUILDING WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALS

Antique building materials immediately give timeless, inimitable style to a new or restored home. Reclaimed wooden floors, old terracotta tiles, traditional Burgundy slabs, old roof tiling, antique fireplaces ... these all fit perfectly into...
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Building Your Straw Bale Home by Brian Hodge (280 page book)
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Building Your Straw Bale Home by Brian Hodge (280 page book)
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BUILDING YOUR STRAW BALE HOME From Foundations to the Roof
by Brian Hodge

This practical guide is written especially for the owner-builder and provides step-by-step instructions supported by diagrams and photographs.

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Earth Garden Building Book by Robert Rich and Keith Smith (328 page book)
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Earth Garden Building Book by Robert Rich and Keith Smith (328 page book)
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EARTH GARDEN BUILDING BOOK - Design and Build Your Own Home
by Robert Rich and Keith Smith

At a time when housing costs and interest rates have put the Australian dream of owning a house beyond the reach

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Green House Plans
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 Author:   Alan Gray
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GREEN HOUSE PLANS
edited by Alan Gray

Architects present eco-friendly plans and ideas for ... mudbrick, strawbale, stone, passive solar, rammed earth, poured earth ... homes.

"Green

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Green Power Today - Volume 1
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GREEN POWER TODAY - Volume 1

How much would it cost to put solar-electric panels on your roof and sell the excess power back to the mains grid? And how long would it take for a solar hot water unit to pay for itself? How does a solar-electric panel work anyway? And how much...

Making Your Home Sustainable by Derek Wrigley (144 page book)
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MAKING YOUR HOME SUSTAINABLE: A Guide to Retrofitting
by Derek Wrigley

Sustainable ideas, using natural energies, to improve existing houses in a cool temperature climate.

Making

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Natural Home Builder - Volume One
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NATURAL HOME BUILDER - Volume One

This is the book to show how real life Australian homes instead of shiny desinger displays fit only for the uber-rich and famous.

In an era when climate changes means we want to live in natural, low-energy homes, NATURAL HOME BUILDER,...

Natural Home Builder - Volume Two
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NATURAL HOME BUILDER - Volume Two

This is the book to show how real life Australian homes instead of shiny desinger displays fit only for the uber-rich and famous.

In an era when climate changes means we want to live in natural, low-energy homes, NATURAL HOME BUILDER,...

Natural Home Heating
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NATURAL HOME HEATING
by Greg Pahl

Natural Home Heating is the first comprehensive guide to heating your home with renewable energy sources. Greg Pahl offers a well-organized, easy-to-understand tour of all available renewable home-heating options, including wood,...

New Sustainable Homes (176 page book)
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 Author:   James Grayson Trulov
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NEW SUSTAINABLE HOMES: Designs for Healthy Living
by James Grayson Trulove

What makes a sustainable house a sustainable home?

NEW SUSTAINABLE HOMES will address

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Sustainable Homes by James Grayson Truelove (208 page book)
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 Author:   James Grayson Trulov
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SUSTAINABLE HOMES: 26 Designs that Respect the Earth
by James Grayson Trulove
with Nora Richter Greer
forward by Dennis Wedlick

Sustainable Homes puts to rest the stigma that "green architecture" is unattractive and unsuitable for residential

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Sustainable House by Michael Mobbs (188 page book)
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SUSTAINABLE HOUSE
by Michael Mobbs

This ground-breaking book – a bestseller for several years – shows how to build or adapt your home so that it’s almost completely self-sufficient in...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power Your Home (368 page book)
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 Author:   Dan Ramsey
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power Your Home (368 page book)
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THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO SOLAR POWER YOUR HOME - Sunny Solutions to your Home's Energy Needs
by Dan Ramsey and David Huges

Solar power (photovoltaics) is now a $1 billion industry, and it's poised

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The Green Home Guide by Sunrise Homes
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THE GREEN HOME GUIDE
by Sunrise Homes

The Green Home Guide will show people how to go solar and be rewarded financially, how to save water and make it financially rewarding, how to have a sustainable home

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The Green Self-Build Book by Jon Broome
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THE GREEN SELF-BUILD BOOK
by Jon Broome

An illustrated, practical handbook on eco-friendly self-building
Provides an overview of the different methods of sustainable and eco-friendly construction techniques
Gives inspiration and information to housing professionals,...

The Natural House by Daniel D. Chiras (468 page book)
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 Author:   Daniel D. Chiras
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THE NATURAL HOUSE - A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes
by Daniel D. Chiras

Chiras successfully avoids the enthusiastic missionary zeal often found in advocates of alternative...

The New Ecological Home by Daniel D. Chiras
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THE NEW ECOLOGICAL HOME
by Daniel D. Chiras

Shelter, like many other elements of human existence, comes at an extraordinary cost to our planet and its inhabitants. In the U.S. alone, construction of 1.2 million new homes a year results in a massive drain on Earth's natural

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The Passive Solar House by James Kachadorian (240 page book)
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THE PASSIVE SOLAR HOUSE
by James Kachadorian

For the past 10 years The Passive Solar House has offered proven techniques for building homes that heat and cool themselves, using readily available materials and methods familiar to all building contractors and many...

The Solar House by Daniel Chiras
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THE SOLAR HOUSE
by Daniel D. Chiras

Passive solar heating and passive cooling--approaches known as natural conditioning--provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes

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The Sustainability Building Kit
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THE SUSTAINABILITY BUILDING KIT

Sunrise Homes has established this complete package for affordable sustainable housing.  The kit is suitable for industry members, and those committed to building a sustainable house.  The kit comprises:

* The Guide to Affordable

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Warm House Cool House by Nick Hollo
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WARM HOUSE COOL HOUSE - Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing
by Nick Hollo

This book reveals environmentally-conscious living at its best, and contains some of the most effective examples of Australian...

Water Not Down the Drain by Stuart McQuire
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WATER NOT DOWN THE DRAIN - A Guide to Using Rainwater and Greywater at Home
by Stuart McQuire

With over 150 pages of comprehensive information and diagrams on how you can sustainably use water

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Waterwise House & Garden by Allan Windust (192 page book)
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WATERWISE HOUSE & GARDEN A Guide for Sustainable Living
by Allan Windust

This practical guide shows how we can contribute to conserving water, our most precious resource, in our home and garden.

Waterwise

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Your Home (370 page book)
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YOUR HOME - Design for Lifestyle and