| Mainstreaming Sustainable Architecture: Casa de PajaA Demonstration |  | Authors: Ed Paschich, Jan Zimmerman
Creator: Bruce Johnson
Publisher: High Desert Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2,854,479
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 136
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0826323790
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN: 9780826323798
ASIN: 0826323790
Publication Date: December 31, 2001
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Sustainable Architecture is a term that groups together a number of approaches to architecture that choose materials and techniques that can be maintained for the long-term without exhausting non-renewable resources. Mainstreaming Sustainable Architecture illustrates a systems approach to design and construction in which the various componentssuch as passive solar techniques, earth air conditioning, vapor-permeable ceilings, and cellulose insulationoperate synergistically to achieve environmental goals. This case study of Casa de Paja (House of Straw) demonstrates that many elements of sustainable architecture can be incorporated without sacrificing sophisticated design and without added expense. While no technical background is needed to understand the principles behind sustainable design, architects and engineers will find enough detail in the drawings and appendices to adapt these techniques to their own construction.
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waging the war on irresponsible design May 6, 2001
Jonathan Reid (College Station, TX United States)
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First rate compilation of well-known and not so well-known methods of incorporating sustainable architectural components into your design. This is the official book for the designers and builders of The Benchley Project in Central Texas (a sustainable living community which promotes resource conservation and exploitation). Green designers now have a "handbook" that covers a broad spectrum of environmentally driven design issues.
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