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FREE Straw Bale Emergency Shelter Plans
Builders Without Borders Straw-Bale Construction Guides
The Last Straw -
The International Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building
- Promoting natural building, and sustainable design and development, through research, training, education and consulting services.
Publications by the Director
Post-Tsunami Affordable Housing Project
Post-Tsunami Affordable Housing Project Drawings
Free Straw Bale Emergency Shelter Plans
Small Diameter Wood - An Underutilized Building Material
Key Considerations for Building Affordable Housing
Energy-efficiency Upgrades
Annotated Straw Bale Bibliography
Rosebud Reservation Housing Proposal
A Variation of the Pallet Truss
Geiger Research Institute Green Building List
Potential Savings From Alternative Construction Methods
Straw Bale DVD Review
Tractor Cob
Zero Energy Housing
Sustainable Nations Workshop
Kelly Hart's Earthbag/Papercrete House
Have We Forgotten Something?
Bamboo Earns ICC Approval
Embodied Energy in Strawbale Houses
Publications by Other Authors
Building With Nature, by Kelly Hart
Tamped Earth Floors, by Frank Meyer
Straw-bale Construction, by Bruce King
House of Straw - Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age
The Big Picture: Strawbale Trends and Defining "Eco-Sensible" Design, by Sigi Koko
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The Big Picture: Strawbale trends and Defining "EcoSensible" Design, by Sigi Koko
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Frost Protected Foundations
Straw Bale Building Codes
Austin, Texas Straw Bale Code
Boulder, Colorado Straw Bale Code
1995 California Straw Bale Code
2002 Proposed California Straw Bale Code
Cortez, Colorado Straw Bale Code
Nevada Straw Bale Code
New Mexico Straw Bale Code
Tucson/Pima County, Arizona Straw Bale Code
Straw-Clay Building Code
New Mexico Straw-Clay Code
Adobe Building Code
New Mexico Adobe Code
Compressed Earth Block Building Code
New Mexico CEB Code
ICC Bamboo Building Code
Bamboo Code
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