The Straw Bale House (Paperback)

Imagine building a house with superior seismic stability, fire resistance, and thermal insulation, using an annually renewable resource, for half the cost of a comparable conventional home. Welcome to the straw bale house! Whether you build an entire house or something more modest-a home office or studio, a retreat cabin or guest cottage-plastered straw bale construction is an exceptionally durable and inexpensive option. What's more, it's fun, because the technique is easy to learn and easy to do yourself. And the resulting living spaces are unusually quiet and comfortable.The Straw Bale Housedescribes the many benefits of building with straw bales: super insulation, with R-values as high as R-50 good indoor air quality and noise reduction a speedy construction process construction costs as low as $10-per-square-foot use of natural and abundant renewable resources a better solution than burning agricultural waste straw, which creates tons of air pollutants

General

Imprint:	Chelsea Green Pub Co
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Real Goods Independent Living Books
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	December 1994
Authors:	Athena Swentzell Steen • Bill Steen • David Bainbridge
Dimensions:	252 x 204 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	297
ISBN-13:	978-0-930031-71-8
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Home & house maintenance > Housing & property for the individual Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > General
LSN:	0-930031-71-7
Barcode:	9780930031718

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