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Natural Building Web Sites

Affordable Housing Design for the Southern Ute Reservation
     Owen Geiger's senior engineering project and proposal for straw bale houses.
Ordering Information for Pueblo Habitat for Humanity Straw Bale House Plans

Academic Resources.Net:  Permaculture
     Directory to permaculture resources.
NEW Academic Resources.Net:  Relief Housing/Natural Building Resources
     Information on using natural materials for building emergency and low-cost shelter.
Academic Resources.Net:  Straw Bale Construction Resources
     Directory to straw bale resources.
Academic Resources.Net:  Solar Energy Resources
     Directory to solar energy sites.
Annotated Bibliography for Straw Bale Construction
     Owen Geiger's recommended straw bale resources.   Includes links to the major straw bale building codes.
Architects Without Borders
     Working to provide affordable housing.
NEW Post and Beam Detail Drawings
     Designed for Pueblo Habitat for Humanity, Pueblo, Colorado.
     Wall Section #1,   Wall Section #2,  Column Detail
Bale Watch
     50 affordable straw bale house plans by Robert Andrews.
Builders Without Borders
     Non-profit organization dedicated to providing emergency and temporary shelter for disaster victims using indigenous materials.
Building Energy Tools Directory
Building Environmental Science and Technology
Building Science Corporation
The Built Environment Center
Burbophobia
CalEarth
     Nadir Khalili's California Institute of Earthart and Architecture is developing alternative housing using earth and earthbag construction techniques.
Campus Environmental Stewardship Program
Canadian Association for Renewable Energies
Canelo Project
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Certified Forest Products Council
Communications for a Sustainable Future
CREST's Strawbale List & Archives
     Leading resource for natural building resources.
DAWN/Out on Bale by Mail
Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT)
     Good resource for alternative building information, building codes, etc.
e design Online
ebuild.com
enCompass
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
Energy Star
Environmental Building News
     Premier journal for environmental building information.
Environmental Design and Construction
Environmental Design Library
Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Florida Solar Energy Center
Forestworld
Global Ecovillage Network
Green Builder.com
Green Building Information Council
Green Design Network
GreenClips
Greening Federal Facilities
Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design
The Harris Directory
High Performance Building Guidelines
Home Energy
House of Straw - Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age
     Article by U.S. Department of Energy validating strawbale construction.
IAQ List
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Island Press EcoCompass
The Last Straw Journal
     The leading SB journal with the latest and best building advice.
Lighting Resource Center
The Masonry Heating Information Site
National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education
Natural Building Resources
Natural Capitalism
NRDC's Washington, D.C. Eco-Office
Oikos
The Pacific Energy Center
Pathnet
PRe Consultants
REDI Guide
The Residential Energy Efficiency Database
Residential-Home Life Cycle Analysis
Rocky Mountain Institute
Smart Growth Network
Solar Radiation Resource Information
The Source for Renewable Energy
Straw: The Next Great Building Material_
Surfin' Strawbale
     Fantastic directory to straw bale information.
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Business
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
Sustainable Building Sources
Sustainable By Design
Strawbale Building Resources
The Thermal Resistivity of Straw Bales for Construction
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Building Technology - State and Community Programs
Vermont SIRI Material Safety Data Sheets
The Vital Signs Project
WaterWiser
Whole Building Design Guide