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Books and Papers

Books We Like... An Incomplete But Growing List:

Builders Booksource (Berkeley, California – a great place to order or browse)

The Truth About Green Business by Gil Friend
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Building with Vision : Optimizing and Finding Alternatives to Wood by Dan Imhoff
Natural Remodeling by Kelly Lerner and Carol Venolia

Building With Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw-Bale Architecture, by Bruce King*

Making Better Concrete: Guidelines to Using Fly Ash for Higher-Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures, by Bruce King*

Design of Straw Bale Buildings: The State of the Art, by Bruce King et al.*

Energy Free: Homes for a Small Planet, by Ann V. Edminster

*We cannot provide links for these books since they are authored by EBNet Director.

Papers

Straw Bale Research Test Results

Agricultural By-Products in Construction: Historical Review and Modern Survey, by Bruce King

The Renaissance of Earthen Architecture: A fresh and updated look at clay-based construction, by Bruce King

 

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