Building Types
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- Greenroofs.com
- Information about green roof architecture including history, advantages and issues, plant lists, markets in North America and Europe, case studies, events, and links.
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- Livingroofs.org
- Non-profit UK organisation promoting green roofs. Includes roof types, benefits, issues, research, list of applications in the UK, case studies, and suppliers.
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- Portland Environmental Services: Ecoroof Program
- Includes program information and links to PDF documents.
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- Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce : Green Building Starts at the Top
- Article by Elizabeth Daniel about the architecture and its application in Seattle. (September 15, 2000)
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- Green Roofs Cool City Rooftop Gardens in Chicago to Fight Smog, Heat
- Why city officials are encouraging green roofs. (April 05, 1999)
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- Bale on Bale Construction
- Straw bale design and construction company in Buffalo, NY. Also providing natural building construction consulting and management, and workshops.
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- Biotique Habitat
- European consultants for straw bale buildings and other uses of plant fibers. Includes information on straw bale construction in France.
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- Building With Awareness
- Featuring information on straw bale and adobe house design, how-to video, alternative and green building materials, construction techniques, rainwater cisterns, earth plaster, rubble trench foundations, photovoltaics, and passive solar.
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- Chug's World of Strawbale Building
- An information site on the construction of buildings using straw bales. Includes a database of strawbale buildings, builders, designers, courses and suppliers in the UK.
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- Cullen Construction
- General contractor specializing in green building techniques including straw bale homes, provides online case studies.
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- DSA Architects
- Straw bale research and testing, and has contributed important structural and detailing elements to the evolving straw bale vernacular.
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- IronStraw Group
- A 501(c)(3) educational organization dedicated to helping people build affordable environmentally friendly strawbale homes.
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- Longhay Ltd
- Suppliers of straw bales for house building and other projects throughout the UK and some overseas markets.
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- Skillful Means
- Information about straw bale and sustainable building practices from an experienced architecture and construction firm.
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- Sol-Habitat
- Specializing in alternative building, energy efficiency and owner/builder consulting. The firm's focus is on sustainable building practices using environmentally friendly materials such as straw-bale and earth plaster.
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- Straw Bale Innovations
- Provides information on straw bale construction and design for the owner/builder, contractor, and designer. How-to DVDs for sale, list of useful tools, and articles about designing and working with building officials. Free newsletter.