Building with Awareness is the most detailed and comprehensive video available on the design and construction of a sustainable straw bale home. This DVD is packed with green design and construction techniques from professionals working on the cutting edge of sustainable home building. Building With Awareness follows the design and construction of one house from start to finish. Learn how to construct post-and-beam straw bale walls, how interior adobe thermal mass walls can improve efficiency, and how earth-plastering techniques can create stunning wall finishes. The video provides a solid understanding of green home design - the positioning of windows, why certain materials were chosen and how to incorporate passive solar heating and cooling. It also demonstrates how beautiful aesthetics and energy efficiency can come from the same materials. Although the video emphasizes the idea of building small, the concepts can be scaled to any size structure. Topics covered include: rubble-trench foundations step-by-step straw bale building techniques adobe wall construction roof framing and insulation rainwater cisterns plumbing photovoltaic electrical generation and wiring acid-stained concrete floors with radiant heating earth plaster techniques - and much more Beautifully filmed and edited, this award-winning video is an invaluable resource for novice builders and seasoned professionals alike. Ted Owens is the owner of Syncronos Design, Inc, a company that promotes the use of green technology and sustainable design. Combining deep interests in design, ecology, and video, Ted's main focus since 1995 has been on energy-and-resource-efficient building design.

Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home(DVD)

Owens, Ted

Synchronos Design

Constructing a straw bale solar home requires the merging of solar design with alternative building techniques. Books are useful for accessing information on these topics quickly and easily, while videos are a great way to show actual building methods and techniques firsthand. The Building with Awareness DVD/guidebook combination brings you the best of both worlds. The award-winning DVD is inspiring and informative, with over five hours of material on every aspect of building a green home. The handy reference guidebook complements the DVD, with color photographs, diagrams, suggestions, and step-by-step methods, all condensed into a nuts-and-bolts format. Used together, these two valuable resources provide a visually dynamic and easy-to--understand library of information. • Take a front-row seat on the work site, learning from the experts as they notch and stack the straw bales and mix the mud. • Learn about foundations, post-and-beam wall framing, roof construction and insulation, interior thermal mass walls for improved efficiency, rain-water cisterns, electrical wiring, and photovoltaic systems. • Learn earth-plastering techniques that create beautiful wall finishes. • Understand how window placement and other structural elements can help to heat and cool your home and lower your energy bills. • See how the structure works as a whole and how both energy efficiency and superb aesthetics can come from the same materials.

Building with Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and Guidebook

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

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Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home(DVD)

Building with Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and Guidebook